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ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. i 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 


D R U & a IS T s 8 

TOET AND HOTEL STEEETS, : : HONOLULU H, I. 
PROPRIETORS OF THE CELEBRATED 

MAILE COLOGNE. 

Fragrant and Durable. 


Telephone 297. 







ii advertisements leading firms. 

A LIVING VOLGANO • • 

How to Reach It and the Coffee Lands of Hawaii. 


The Scenic Line the World 

STEAMEK KINAE, Clarke, Comd’r. 

The largest and fastest Steamer in the Hawaiian Islands. 25 largi 
Staterooms. Electric Lights and Call Bells. 

A Trip of Seven Days, coasting* the Island o: 

Molokai, making three stops on the Island of Mau 
giving a magnificent view of the Crater of Haleakala 
four stops on the Island of Hawaii, skirting the riches - 
Sugar and Coffee lands in the world. A carriage ride 
of thirty miles over a fine macadamized road, traversing 
a primeval tropical forest, interspersed by Sugar am 
Coffee Plantations. Eight hours from Hilo to tin 
Volcano. No change of vehicle, r 
TWO DAYS and THREE NIGHTS at the VOLCANO. 
To those seeking Investments in Coffee this Line offer 
unequaled facilities for selecting lands. Stops are mad< 
on the Island of Hawaii, at ports in the districts of Ham 
akua, Hilo and Puna. Coffee from these districts com 
mands a higher price than that produced on the olde. 
lands, the yield per acre is also greater. Large tracts ii 
all these districts are now producing coffee. The Ha 
waiian Government offers lands at a nominal sum, 01 
easy terms of payment, and remits Taxes on improve 
ments. An Assured Fortune to industrious men of mod 
erate means. A crop that does not spoil or deteriorate 
but improves with age. A sure return of twenty pe 
cent, on capital. 

Write to C. L. Wight, Sup’t Wilder S. S. Co.Jg|| 

tfjf.fl Pay all the Expenses of a Trip from (&□ 
ij)3U Honolulu to the Volcano and Return. $01 

Wilder’s Steamship Co. Ltd. 

FT OISTOI^T J1LU. 

< )FFLCE : Telephone 4‘2II 

N. E. corner Fort and Queen Sts. 








ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. Hi 

CLAUS SPRECKELS. W. G. IRWIN. 

CLAUS SPRECKELS & CO. 
BANKERS. 

FORT STREET, Honolulu. Telephone 1*20. 

Draw Exchange on the Principal Cities of the World 

And Transact a General Banking Business. 

Deposits Received. Loans Negotiated. 

Commercial and Traveler’s Credits Issued. Bills of Exchange bougliT 
and sold. Collections promptly accounted for. 

BISHOP & COMPANY, 
BANKERS, 

Corner Merchant and Kauliunianu Streets. Honolulu. 
ESTAR..ISUED 1 H 5 S. 

TRANSACT A CENERAL BANKING AND EXCHANCE BUSINESS 

Commercial and Traveler's Credits issued, available 
in all the Principal Cities of the World. 

TELEPHONE No. 6. 

J. S. WALKER, 

GENERAL AGENT FOR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 
OF THE 

Royal Insurance Co., of London. 

Alliance Assurance Co., of London. 

Alliance Marine and General Assurance Co., of London. 
Scottish Union and National Insurance Co. 

Wilhelma of Madgeburg General Insurance Co. 

Sun Life Insurance Co., of Canada. 

Life, Fire and Marine Risks taken at reasonable Rates. 

Room 12. Spreckels’ Block, Honolulu. H. I. Telephone 331. 











ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


I V 


C. BREWER & CO., Ltd, 

Queen Street, Honolu u, H. L, 

Sugar Factors, Plantation Agents 

AGENTS FOR — 

Planters’ Line San Francisco Packets. 

C. Brewer & Co.'s Line of Boston Packets. 

Boston Board of Underwriters. 

Philadelphia Board of Underwriters. 

LIST OF OFFICERS—P. C. JONES.!.President 

Geo. h. Robertson .Manager 

E. F. Bishop .Treas’r and Sec’y f 

W. F. ALLEN.Auditor 

C. M. Cooke. 

H. Waterhouse... ] ...Directors 
C. L. CARTER. 


M. S. GRINBAUM & CO., Ltd, 

215 Front St., San Francisco. 

Ctuoon St., Honolulu. 

importers 

Commission Merchants 

AGENTS FOR - 

Plantations and 

Fire Insurance Companies. 

Telephone 33.^- 

F. A. SCHAEFER & CO. 

Importers | Commission Merchants 

Corner of Kaahumanu and Merchant Streets, 

HONOLULU. H. I. 

AGENTS OF THE - 

Magdeburg Fire Ins. Co. 

Hamburg-Bremen Fire Ins. Co. 

Dresden Marine Ins. Co. 

German Lloyd and Fortuna, of Berlin Ins. Co.. 

And of the 

Bremen Board of Underwriters. 


Telephone ,51 


















ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


V 


Inter-Island 


Steam Navigation 


OFFICERS 

Capt. W. B. Godfrey, President 
Hon. Jno. Ena, Vice-President 
N. E. Gedge, - - * Secretary 
J. L. McLean, - - - Treasurer 
T. W. Hebron, • * - Auditor 





DIRECTORS 

fj Hon. G. N. Wilcox, Hon. A. S. Wib 
H cox. Hon. W. O. Smith, Hon. Jno. 
I* Ena, F. A. Schaefer, Esq., E. Sulir, 
rlEsq., Capt. W. B. Godfrey. 





TO THE TRAVELLING PUBLIC. 


*HE popular, most comfortable and picturesque route to the Crater 
[ of Kilauea, is by the Inter Island Steam Navigation Co’s steamer 
“ W. G. Hall,” which leaves Honolulu on Tuesday and Friday of each 

alternate week. „ .. . . , 

The superior advantages of this route over ail others is that most of 
the trip is made in smooth water, and the whole distance, from the 
lending at Punaluu to the Volcano House, is made by rail and car¬ 
riage Through Tickets to the Volcano and return are furnished for 
Fifty Dollars ($50.00), which Includes all expenses during the trip, 
and allows three nights and two days at the Crater. 

For further information apply at the 

Office of the Company, queen St., H. T. 

Telephone BfL-^ 














VI 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIE .US. 


J. T. WATERHOUSE, 


THE OLD AND ORIGINAL 

QUEEN STREET STORES. 

Qneen Street, near Nuuanu Street. 

FULL LINES OF 


HARDWARE, CROCKERY, 

QLA/JWARE i5S SADDLERY. 

Dry and Fancy Goods 

of A i.i. Dixit irrioxs. 


STANDARD QROCEKIES 

AND 

TABLE DELICACIES. 

LARGE STOCK OF 

Hardware Novelties 

Housekeeping Utensils 

Tourists and Residents are Invited to Inspect Our Goods. 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. 

THE OLD Q.UEEN STREET STORE. 

J. T. WATERHOUSE, 

Telephone *44.^ HONOLULU, H. I. 




+ iflZ-I-L-L-I-H-M-S’ + 

Art and Photographic Gallery 

Fort Street, Up Stairs. Telephone 151. 

dp® to® Dat^eip® pil ®pppliai)ees. 

Photographs Made in All Sizes. 

Single or Group Pictures. 

TOURISTS SHOULD SELECT 

From my Most Complete Stock of Island Views, 

Reception and Waiting Rooms for the 
Accommodation of Customers. 

*$>G/VE ME A CALL.Ar 




vj ii AD \-10KT18EMEUTS. LEADIN’ U EiiiMS. 

HENRY WATERHOUSE. ARTHUR B. WOOD. HENRY WATERHOUSE, JR. 

* HENRY WATERHOUSE Sc CO. 

Commission, 

Real Estate 

Plantation 

ANb 

Insurance Agents. 

Office Queen near Nuuanu Sts. 

Telephone 3 1 

W. H. RIGE, 

Stock Raiser, Rancher and Breeder 

■£> OR 

Fine Horses, Mules and Cattle 

Orders may be left at the School St Stable, Tel 441 
or with H, Waterhouse, Esq „ Queen St, Tel, 313 

Visitors to the Island of Kauai can be supplied 
with good Travelling Stock from the 

^LIHUE LIVERY STABLEST 

AT REASONABLE RATES. 











ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


IX 


METROPOLITAN * MEAT * GO. 


81 KING STREET, NEAR BETHEL. 

G. d. WALLER, MANAGER. 



■ ‘ 1 

Purveyors 

TO THE 

. 0 '■ 

Oceanic 

S, S. Co. 


4-ic ;• 


AND 


Pacific Mail 
S. S. Co, 




Refrigerated Poultry and Fresh Salmon 


CONSTANTLY ON HAND. 


- Dealers in - 

HIDES, SKINS, TALLOW 

Slaughter and Hide House at Itoilei—Tel. 161. 
General Office Telephone 46. 





ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


JAS. I. DOWSETT, 

(KIMO PELEKANE.) 

Merchant, : Manufacturer, : and : Ranch : Owner. 

The Oldest Rancher and Best Stocked Ranches 

Office and Warehouse: 

On Queen Street, near Fort, : : Honolulu. 

E. O. HflkL & SOIL 

Limited. 

Ship Chandlers.| Importers & Dealers in 

HARDWARE AND GENERAli MERCHANDISE, 

Agricultural Implements, 

BICYCLES of Leading Manufacturers for Sale & to Rent 

SOUTHEAST CORNER KING AND FORT STS. 

Telephone 17. Honolulu, H. I. 

ALLEN & ROBINSON, 

Office, Queen Street Tel. 105. 

LUlVlBEFt and COAL 

Paints and Oils, Wall Paper. 

AGENTS OF SCHOONERS 

Ka: Moi.: Luka.: Lavinia.; Kauikeaouli; and; Moi: Wahine. 







ADVERTISE VIE NTS LEADING FIRMS 


t 


.240 - TELEPHONE -Jflr 240. 

LEWIS BROTHERS, 
Wholesale and Retail Grocers 

FORT STREET, : : : : HONOLULU. 

Krenh California Salmon, Eastern Oysters. 

California and Eastern Fruits and Vegetables in Season. ' 

OWN CURE MALTESE CROSS HAMS, 

Special Importation. 

IIIOST BRANDS MANILLA C1UARS. 
ttir 1 New Goods Continually Arriving. % ft 

H. J. NOLTR 

Bearer Saloon, Beaver Block, 

FORT ST., NEAR (JUEEN, HONOLULU, 

Open from 1 $ a. in. till 11 p. in. 

CIGARS, CIGARETTES, PIPES AND TOBACCOS. 

Hot & Cold Mid-day Lunch. 

TEA AND COFFEE, GINGER ALE, SODA WATER. 


HUSTACE & CO. 

Dealers in 

WOOD AND COAL 

41 "~ nr 

l 7 /hi fee and BIacl\ Sand, 

-WHICH WE SELL •- 

At the Very Lowest Market Rates 

OFFICE QUEEN ST*. OPPOSITE KAAIIUMANU. TEL. *14. 










Xll 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


THE HAWAIIAN TRAMWAYS CO., LTD. 

^ n; ._>v<£._>A!\ /--» 

e-/ AvV- ' 03 V-» - 

(.Jars run between Palama and Pawaa every 15 minutes. 

“ “ “ Palama and Waikiki every half hour. 

Curs run between Palama and Waikiki on Saturdays and Sundays 
every 15 minutes. 

Last Car leaves Waikiki at 10:46 P. M. Last Car leaves Palama at 
10:47 P. M. 

Cars for Waikiki pass Port Street at 5 and 35 minutes past each hour. 

Cars for Palama pass Fort Street at 10, 25, 40 and 55 minutes past 
each hour. 

Cars leave Punahou for Town and Nuuanu Valley every 20 minutes. 

Cars leave Nuuanu Valley for Town and Punahou every 20 minutes. 

Last Car leaves Punahou at 0:50 P. M. Last Car leaves Nuuajiu 
Valley at 10:30 p. m. 

Cars for Punahou pass the corner of Fort and King Streets at 6, 26 and 
46 minutes past each hour. 

Cars run between Punahou and Town on Saturdays every 10 minutes. 

Cars for Nuuanu Valley pass the corner of Fort and King Streets at 13, 
33 and 53 minutes pa3t each hour. 

Omnibuses or Cars for Special Parties may be arranged for at 
Moderate Rates. 

TELEPHONE NOS. 65 & 130. 


liONC BRANCH BATHS 



Excellent Bathing. Glean New Suits 

CAREFUL ATTENDANCE. 

LADIES AND CHILDREN SPECIALLY CARED FOR. 

ft#* Ohi's the Doors.-—-- 


















ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS'. 


XI11 


^TKE OLD “No. 10” STORED 

USEFUL BEAUTIFUL 

DRAWN WORK ARTICLES 

Especially In 

TABLE and 

BUREAU SCARFS. 

Tourists and others should call and examine our display of 

GRASS CLOTH, 

• u 

In White, Blue, Yellow 

and Lavender Colors. 

Rare and Curious / 

Carved Japanese Ivories. 

An Excellent and Varied Assortment of 

Dry and Fancy Goods 

HOUSEKEEPING GOODS. 

Bijouterie, Toys, Wagons, Etc., Etc. 

EL W. JORDAN, 

No. 611 FORT STREET, 

Between King* and Hotel Streets. 

THE OLI) “NO 10” STORE. 





XIV 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 


H. E. M°INTYRE, 

Corner Fort and Khi£ Streets. Telephone i>2. 

1MPOUTEH AM) DEALER IX 

Groceries 4*b Provisions. 

Fresh Goods always kept for sale, and New Importa¬ 
tions of choice lines in Canned and Bottled 
Goods received by every Steamer. 

(ioodi of Best Quality. 

Prices to Suit llie Times. 

VOI R TRADE IS SOLICITED.^ 


HEALTH & STRENGTH. 

3SP B ' 


|THE KALIHIPOI FACTORY 


W. LUTHER WILCOX, Proprietor. 

EDWIN MONTGOMERY, Manager. 

Wilcox Crossing, Kalihi ltoad. 

Our Pol is all machine made, and we invite Inspection of our estab¬ 
lishment. The best of Food for those requiring nourishment and 
strength. Machine made Poi is put up in large or small quantities, to 
order, for city delivery or shipment. 

Persons desiring to experiment in the planting of Taro, can be suit- 
plied with “Tops” in any quantity. 

Shipments are now made abroad to San Francisco, and elsewhere, 
of our Machine-made Poi, and orders will be filled as received. 

Telephone to or address KALIHI POI FACTORY, or leave orders, 
for any quantities, with 

Pi. VAN DO OliM. 

Fort Street, near the Custom House. 


CM AS. MUST ACM 

218 King Street. Telephone 1 ID. 

CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES. 

Always to the Front with the Best Goods, at Fair Prices. 

My Stock is Replenished by Every Steamer. 

Orders from Town or Country Filled with Care and Promptness. 

“SCHILLINGS" BEST IN TEAS AND EXTRACTS. 













ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. XV 

CALIFORNIA FEED Co. 

(I limited.) 

T. J. KING , ; : : Manager 

Importers and Dealers in 


HAY, GRAIN! FLOUR 



OFFICE AND WAREHOUSES: 

Corner of Nuuanu and Queen Streets. 


TELEPHONE No. I X ! . 



NVl 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING l-’IKMS. 

3ruce Waring & Co. < 

Financial Agents # 

r Dealers in Lands. 

We fjandle our own properties only , and 
do not engage in sales on commissions. 

# . * } 

*Business Property in Honolulu and Hilo. 

tBusiness ‘Slocks Suilt for Investors, 
Guaranteeing 8 per cent Profits Net. 

——-- 

We ovtfn 26,000 acres fine land suitable for 

Coffee 

and Fruit Culture, in tpe celebrated 

Coffee District 

of Puna, HavPaii, vPf)ic£) vPe offer for sale 
in Tracts To Suit at sucfi figures as vPill 
leaVe Large Margins to Investors. 

BANK REFERENCES - Bishop & Co. 

” w “ Claus Spreckels £ Co. 

Bank of Hawaii. 

BRUCE WARING £ CO., 

Honolulu and Hilo , H, I. 



XVII 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 




TLE&(OOKE> 



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Importers 


W 'W' '& T 1 V f ^ 1> W f Ifi "T f f! ifr 'Jt 



SUGAR FACTORS. |d 

^ - =e*.:<X*»&2So*.♦• *>•«■.< *Jf * ?.*£*>.-.•*v - U ' 


AGENTS FOR! 


The BlRke Steam Pumps, Marsh Boiler Food Pumps, 
The Fulton Iron Works, St. Louis. 

Weston’s Centrifugals,, Standard Oil Company, 

Stockton 'Milling Company’s Grown Flour, 
Wilcox *k Gibb’s Sewing Machines. 




HARDWARE, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS 


Pairlts, Oils, 

Household Supplies and General Merchandise 



KING AND BETHEL STREETS, HONOLULU. 














XV111 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


RKI^ BIvIC OF HAWAII. 

Department of Postmaster-General. 

RATES • OF > POSTAGE 


Domestic —Letters to any part of the Republic, for each half ounce, 
2 cents. Drop, or City Letters, or Printed Circulars, per half ounce, or 
fractions thereof, 1 cent. Unsealed Printed Circulars, to any part of 
the Republic, per 4 ounces, or fractions thereof, 1 cent. Newspapers 
printed in the Republic and sent from the office of publication to 
subscribers residing in the Republic, free. Books, Cards, Photographs, 
etc., for each ounce, 1 cent. Merchandise, samples of all kinds, for 
each ounce, 1 cent. Newspapers, Pamphlets, Almanacs, Calendars, 
Hand-bills, Magazines, Maps, occasional and other publications, (not 
bound.) for each 4 ounces, or fraction thereof, 1 cent. Registry Fee, in 
addition to above charges, 10 cents. 

Rates of Foreign Postage —To United States, Canada. Mexico, and 
Colonies, Letters, each half ounce, or fraction. 5 cents. Postal Cards, 
each, *2 cents. Commercial Papers, (with a minimum charge of 5 cents) 
each 2 ounces or fraction, 2 cents. Books, each 2 ounces, 1 cent. 
Photographs, each 2 ounces. 1 cent. Newspapers, each 2 ounces, lcent. 
Registration Fee, in addition to above charges, 10 cents. Registration 
Fee, with return receipts in addition to above charges, 15 cents. 

Other Countries of Postal Union— Letters, each half ounce, 5 
cents. Postal Cards, each. 2 cents. Newspapers, each 2 ounces, or 
fraction iliereof, 2 cents. Photographs, each 2 ounces, or fraction, 2 
cents. Samples, (limit of weight, 12 ounces: limit of size, 12x8x4) each 
2 ounces, 2 cents. Registration Fee. in addition to above charges, 10 
cents. Registration Fee, with return receipts in addition to above 
charges, 15 cents. 

Parcels Post —United States of America, per pound, 12 cents. 
Canada, per pound, 20 cents. United Kingdom, per pound, 25 cents. 
Australia, per pound, 25 cents. For New Zealand, and other countries, 
enquire at Parcels Post Department, where full particulars as to size, 
limit of weight, etc., will be given. 

All Liquids, Explosives and articles liable to damage the 
Mails, are strictly prohibited. 

POST-OFFICE HOURS. 

General Delivery, Stamp Window, Registry and Parcels Post Depart¬ 
ments are open from 8 a. m. to 4 P. M. 

Money Order Department and Postal Savings Bank from 0 a. m. 
to 4 P. M. 

Saturdays: all Departments closes at 1 p M. When a Foreign Mail 
arrives on that day, opens from 4 to 5 P. M. 

Sundays: General Delivery is open from J to 8 a. m. for Mails 
arriving that day. 

J. M . O A T, 

Pout mauler- (General. 




ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS xix 

IIOPF & C0. 
FaFniture f Upholstery 

COltXMU KING AM) HETIIEL STREETS. 



LATEST STYLES. LOW PRICES. 

Office Desks—A Large, New Importation, 


VARIOUS STYI.BS, SIZES AND PRICES, 

Steamer Chairs, (g) We Endeavor to Satisfy All Customers 



XX 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING HUMS, 


~»r«ir Telephono INo. 190. *7, Ji—— 

TH i HAWAIIAN NEWS Co 

Merchant Street, : : ; ; Honolulu, 



The Latest Publications Received by Every Steamer. 


A FU I,L LINE ^ ~ 

Office Furniture and Books of Accounts 

/ . ALWAYS ON HAND. . 

Writing Paper and Envelopes in Great Variety, 


Subscriptions received at any ) time fur Papers. 
Magazines,, etc., etc. Any Publication, ordered as 
desired. ^ 

Manufacturers of RED RUBBER STAMPS 

a Specialty, - 

Publishers of Prof. BErger's “ MELE HAWAII," 

(Hawaiian Airs,) 

Agents for PICTURESQUE Hawaii and History of 
the Revolution. 

Sole Local Agents for “ Illustrated Hand-Book of 
Hawaiian islands and Guide to Honolulu and Vicinity." 

ESPECIAL ATTENTION IS INVITED TO OUR 

URGE ASSORTMENT OF MUSIG GOODS 







*) | 3^ 4* OF THE • J 

•^HAWAIIAN + ISLANDS^ 


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KAiJAi 


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HAWAIIAN 

' ISLANDS 


KArtOOLAr/S , 1 . 

MAMihcowa C*v_tf^ 11 


KIALAKEAMIA’ 
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Guide to Honolulu # Vicinity. 

COMPILED, ARRANGED AND PUBLISHED 

r awgdian Copyright by 


an. 10 th, im 


AGFYTS—.Honolulu, Hawaiian Yews Co. 

San Francisco, San Francisco News ( o. 




UUNULUL U : 

ROBERT GRIEVE, ELECTRIC BOOK AND JOB 1’KINTER, 












TABLfcl OF OONTfclNT! 


Advertisements p. 'I 
XX, front, and XXI 
to XXXII back..,, .. 
The Hawaiian Islands. 
Brief Historical Sketch 
Description of the Isis. 
A Trip to Hawaii 
Honolulu the 

1* 188 


page. 

to 


Mem.to J \ 
Honoltiltj3he J&" 
thePalnfle.,,,, 

Ancient 4 

Ancient HaVait; Inte¬ 
rior Chief’s Hut..,.. 6 

Hawaiian » Feasting 

Capt. Cook ... . 9 

The Snow ** Arthur”.., 11 

Kaahumanu, Queen of 
Kamehameha I, J 3 

Hula Dancer@ r ... 15 

17 
19 

2f 

22 

23 

24 


! Principal Points of 

Interest.. 

Around the Isl. of Oahu 
1 | Over the Oahu K. K,.. 
5 Unoccupied Lands 

I General Directory. 

4 Talk to a Tourist. 

iL _Dc C<*?3 

MJBTHATiONS. 
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PAGE. 

In- 


Of 

65 

69 

72 

74 

9J 


PAGE. 

! Canoe Party at Waikiki 34 

j Harbor of Honolulu_ 36 

2 Executive Building and 


Map of Oahu... 

Ancient Burial Place.. 
Map Maui, Molokai,,La* 

tiai.J.'.. 

Map of Oahu. 

Position of Pearl and 
Honolulu Harbors .., 
Map Kauai and Niilmu. 

Ancient Temple ... 

Leper Settlement, Mo¬ 
lokai . 

A Chief’s God .. 

Dancing GirL.^ ft *n\ 

SOURCE uNfttiQHBI 

JUN 28 1956 


Military HeadquarUs 38 
First Homan Catholic 

Church. 4 p 

Central Union, Church. 44 

Hawaiian Hotel. 48 

Honolulu from Punch- 

howl.... . 50 

Waikik\ Beach ay.d Dia¬ 
mond Head.. . 52 

Princess Kaiulani and 

Residence. 54 

Qgh y Prison .. 58 

view On Nuuanu Ave.. 60 
En Route to Nuuanu 

Pali. 

Top of Nunanu Pali.... 
Hawaiian Musician.... 

Crater of Kilauea. 

S. S. Mauna Loa. 

eter” Wilcox, 
iim Fire Engine 



















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III 

XXVII 

XII 

op. p. 65 
X 


ADVERTISEMENTS OF 

PAGE. 

BANKERS— 

Claus Spreckels ft Co.. 

Bishop ft .. 

BAGGAGE EXPRESS— 

Peoples Express. 

BATHS A BATHINGS— 

Lour Branch Baths... 

BIG YOLKS— 

Pac. Cycle Manuf. Co. 

E 0 Hall & Sou. 

BOOKS & STATIONERY— 

Hawaiian News Co, (opp. Title.) 
BOOTS ft SHOES— 

Manufacturers Slioe Co back p 
C A RBI AGE MANUFACTURERS— 
Hawaiian CarMfgCo.. XXVIII 
Honolulu Car MfgCo.. XXVIII 
COMMISSION MERCHANT— 

Hackfelcl & Co. (track Cover.) 

Brewer & Co. 

Grin l >aum & Co. 

Schaefer & Co. 

J S Walker. 

DRY & FANCY GOODS— 

E W Jordan. 

John J Egan. 

J T Waterhouse. 

DRUGS A PERFUMES— 

Benson, Smith & Co.. 
FERTILIZERS— 

Hawn Fertilizing Co. 

FURNITURE & UPHOLSTERY— 

Hopp & Co. XIX 

OKN F.R A L MERCIIA N1 USE— 


LEADING FIRMS. 


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Pacific Hardware Co... 

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E O Hall ft Sou. 

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Theo H Davis ft Co, (front Cover) 

GROCERS— 

H E McIntyre. 

XIV 

Lewis ft Co. 

XI 

Charles Hustaee. 

XIV 

11 May ft Co. 

J T Waterhouse. 

VI 

HACKS & LIVERY— 

United Carriage Co.... 

XXIX 

HAY ft GRAIN— 

California Feed Co. 

XV 

HOUSE SHOEING— 

Thomas Hollinger. 

XXIV 

J McDonald. 

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HORSES & CATTLE— 


James I Dowsett. 

X 

W H Rice. 

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HOTELS— 

Hawaiian Hotel. 

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Castle ft. Cooke. 


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John Nott. . 

JEWELLER— 

HG Biart. XXIV 

LUMBER— 

Allen & Robinson. 

MEAT MARKET— 

Metropolitan Market.. 

MUSIC K MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS— 

Hawaiian News Co, (op. Title.) 

J W Bergstrom. 

OMNI RUSSES— 

Hawaiian Tram Co... 

Fred Smith. 

PACKET AGENTS— 

Brewer ft Co. 

Hack fold & Co. 

Allen .t Robinson. 

Pi ll )TOGR A PH KR— 

J J Williams. 

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Brewer & Co. 

Grinbaum & Co. II 

Castle & Cooke. XVII 

Hackfeld & Co . . Cover 

Schaefer ft Co.. 11 

Davies & Co. Cover 

PLUMBING— 

Joltn Nott,. XXIV 

RAILWAYS— 

Oahu RR Co. Inset 

Hawn Tramways Co... XII 

REAL ESTATE— 

H Waterhouse & Co.... VIII 

Bruce, Waring & Co ... XVI 

RESTAURANT— 

H J Nolte. XT 

SHIP CHANDLERS— 

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STEAMSHIP AGENTS— 

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Hackfeld & Co. Cover 

Davies ft Co. Cover 

Wilder S S Co. II 

Inter-Island S S Co- V 

STOVES & RANGES— 

Castle & Cooke. XVII 

John Nott. XXIV 

WINES & LIQUORS— 

Peacock & Co. Inset 

J M Camara, Jr. XXVII 

wood & coal— 

Hustaee & Co. 

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THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


“ No Jeweled setting is naoTe fair tlia® three, 

O, emr’Jd cluster in a beryl sea.” 

The Hawaiian Islands are amongst the most attractive 
and interesting spots in the world for the tourist to visit. 
Lying- as they do in the midst of the great North Pacific 
•ocean they are in the direct line of travel between the 
Isthmus of Panama, the proposed Nicaraugua canal, the 
coast ports of Lower California and those of Washington, 
Oregon and British Columbia, and also China, Japan, 
Australia and New Zealand. Truly the Hawaiian Islands 
are at the cross roads of the Pacific. Placed just within 
the North Pacific tropic zone (lat, 21° 18? N. long. 157 c 
48' W-) they enjoy a climate wonderfully equable, the 
thermometer ranging between 65° and 85® Fah., ap¬ 
proaching- the nearest in its annual mean—that of 75° 
Fah.—to the ideal as regards health and comfort, of any 
known locality. Being within the w trade-wind ” belt 
the group is fanned by pleasant breezes for the greater 
part of the year and an abundant, but not excessive, 
rainfall that gives life to a luxuriant vegetation of the 
most varied and beautiful character. 

About these lovely isles in the mid-Pacific there has 
•always hung an atmosphere cf poesy and romance and 
the balmy climate, varied scenery and the ebullitions of 
that world-wonder, the active volcano of Kilauea, Hawaii, 
have been the theme of writers, both lay and professional, 
•scientist and poet, for many years. Now that, through 
the agency of steam communication, the islands have 
been brought within the traveled zone that girts the 
world, thousands of tourists, business men and others, 
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and comfortable voyages may be made, by means of the 
excellent steamship service of the Oceanic; Pacific Mail; 
Canadian-Pacific; Occidental and Oriental, and Canadian- 
Australian lines. 


































THE HAWAIIAN 1SLANES. 


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It has "been often said, and is now an established fact, 
that “the essential public interest attaching to Hawaii 
.grows Out of its central position in the commerce of the 
Pacific Ocean. Honolulu, the capital city of the islands, 
with its safe and commodious harbor, is exactly in the 
track of all steamers sailing to Australasia from San 
Francisco, Puget Sound, or Alaska. Even more precisely 
is Honolulu in the direct route of one part of that 
enormous traffic from Atlantic to Pacific ports which 
eagerly awaits the completion of the Nicaragua Canal. 
All the trade with China and Japan from American ports 
on the Atlantic must take the Nicaragua route. Every 
ship from the Atlantic crossing the Pacific to Asia will 
naturally sight the Hawaiian Islands and every steamer 
will be likely to replenish her coal-bunkers at Honolulu. 
As may be seen by the map (on page —) Honolulu is the 
only cross-roads of the North-Pacific—and the North- 
Pacific will be the chief region of commerce. This port 
is wholly alone in its commanding position. It has 
absolutely no competitor. From the Marquesas to the 
Aleutian Islands, Hawaii is the only land in that tre¬ 
mendous ocean expanse west of America where a ship 
can call within a space of 4500 miles from San Francisco 
and 6200 from Nicaragua. Scarcely any where on the 
globe does there stretch so vast an expanse of ocean, 
absolutely devoid of land, as that which rolls unbroken 
by reef or islet between Hawaii and America. On the 
map referred to is indicated every islet in the North- 
Pacific that might be made available as a port of supply. 
There is also shown every existing islet or reef of any 
sort either eastward or northward of Honolulu,—that is, 
none. By the geographical necessities of the case every¬ 
thing centres at Honolulu, not merely* as the most 
convenient port but as the only one. The favorable position 
of Honolulu will be materially enhanced by the absolute 
necessity of using the Hawaiian Islands as the intersecting 
point for telegraph cables across the Pacific. It is 




GODFREYS HANG BOOK. 


obvious that all cables between Australia and the North 
American Pacific coast must make Honolulu a station.’”’ 

But, lest the reader should tire of the particularizing of 
the beauties and advantages which one may find in 



connection with this mid-ocean “ Paradise of the Pacific,” 
it may be well to proceed to the relation of other 
instructive matter and which follows. 






THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


A Brief Historical Sketch. 

The principal islands of the Hawaiian group are eight 
in number, viz: Hawaii, Maui, Oahu, Molokai, Lanai, 
Niihau and Kahoolawe. They are situated in the North- 
Pacific ocean, just within the tropic of Cancer, and are 
located between 18° and 54', 22° 15 r , North lat. and 154° 
50', West long. The Hawaiians are supposed to be of 
Malaysian stock migrating from Farther India through 
Sumatra and Java to tb6 Southern Pacific Islands, and 
from thence gradually spreading out to Ne.v Zealand, 
Samoa, Tahiti and other islands of the Pacific. Hon. 
Sanford B. Dole in an historical article entitled “ Voyages 
of Ancient Hawaiians,”* writes: 

“ The ancient meles and legends mention the arrival of 
canoes at these islands a very long time ago, probably 
about the commencement of the Christian Era, and 
speak of other lands and things which were seen by the 
men who came in them, in the great ocean. * * * * 
Formerly the Hawaiians included the Island of Bolabola 
and other foreign countries under the one name Kahiki 
and thus, at this day, all who sail to foreign lands are 
called “ Poe Holokahiki.” * * * * The old Hawaiians 
often mention the land of dwarfs. Punaluu is reported 
to have brought one of these little men to Kau on Hawaii, 
and he lived at Moaula inland from Kopu, Wahanui also 
brought a pair of 4 Siamese twins ’ from some country to 
Kauai, where they were seen by the Kauaians. * * * * 
These traditions and others of similar nature and the 
tradition of sending to Kahiki for chiefs when they were 
scarce among the Hawaiians show the wonderful skill of 
the ancient Hawaiians in navigation. The distance from 
Hawaii to Kahiki is over 3000 miles and that these daring 
men were able to track their way thither and back 
without compass, chart or quadrant, seems wholly 
incredible until explained by the light of similar and 
undeniable facts which show that the unlettered and 
barbarous races are often, when occasions demand, 
blessed with an instinct which in power and extent seems 
little short of direct inspiration.” 


* Hawaiian Club Papers, Boston, 1868. 



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In Captain Cook’s account of his voyage, he remarks: 
the similarity in manners and coincidence in language of 
the natives with those of the Society Islands, and in his 
journal the great navigator asks the question: “How 
shall we account for this nation (race?) having spread 
itself in so many detached islands, so widely separated 



from each other, in every quarter of the Pacific ocean? 
We find it from New Zealand in the South to the 
Sandwich Islands in the North! And in another direction 
from Eastern Island to the New Hebrides! that is, over 



























THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 7 

an extent of 3600 miles North and South, and *5000 miles 
East and West!” 

The latest proposition, or theory, advanced relative to 
the original settlement of the Islands is that by Mr. 
William Churchill, ex-American Consul-General at Sa¬ 
moa, a stated Polynesian student and authority and who, 
in a lecture before the Hawaiian Historical Society, in 
the Y. M. C. A in this city on November 22, 1897, said: 

“Twenty-seven generations ago, a people called the 
Tongans made war upon the Samoans. In a battle the 
Tongans were defeated and some escaped to the hills, 
but others took to their canoes and journeyed to Hawaii 
and New Zealand producing the races now known as 
Maoris and Hawaiians.” 

Mr. Churchill was made an honorary member of the 
Society after the lecture. It is a grim irony of fate that 
in 1886-7 Hawaiians were banished from Samoa and are 
not permitted to reside there to this day. 

While the islands were never considered as discovered 
until Captain Cook anchored at Waimea, Kauai, yet 
there is scarcely any doubt but that they had been seen 
by. some of the early Spanish navigators, who, years 
before Cooks time, made annual voyages across the 
Pacific from Acapulco, Mexico, to Manila in the 
Phillipines, It is certain that the ancient Hawaiians 
had a tradition of several ships having been seen previous 
to ithe arrival of Cook and it is related that fourteen 
generations before the reign of Kamehameha, a ship was 
wrecked at Sonth Kona, Hawaii, a little to the southward 
of Kealakekua and that the only survivors were the 
captain and his sister. These two reached the shore and 
sat with their heads bowed down for some time, appar¬ 
ently in grief. From this circumstance, the spot was 
named by the natives—“ Kulou ”■—(to bow down) which 
name it bears to this day. 

Professor W. D. Alexander, the Hawaiian historian, 
who has given much thought and research to the subject 
of the original discoverers of the islands says that; 



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M There is little doubt but that these islands were? 
discovered by the Spanish navigator Juan Gaetano in- 
the year 1555>.’ r 

Captain James Cook, an English circumnavigator,, 
made the second discovery of the islands on Sunday- 
morning January 18 r 1778, sighting and passing the- 
Island of Oahu on that date, landing at Waimea, Kauai,, 
on the afternoon of the 20th. He also visited and landed 
on the Island of Niihao during this month. He sailed 
away for the northwest coast of America in February, 
returning again to the islands, to Maui, in November. 
He voyaged to and around Hawaii finally anchoring in) 
Kealakekua bay January 17, 1779. During his stay ire 
Kealakekua, a period of eighteen days, the people refused 
any remuneration for supplies, even watering the vessels 
by bringing water from long distances. On the 4th of 
February the ships put to sea the natives whose 
resources had been severely taxed, were well pleased at 
their departure. On the next day Cook returned with 
his vessels to make some repairs and never left there 
alive being killed in an entente on Sunday February 14, 
1779, and a suitably inscribed monument now marks the 
spot and tells the story to the visitor. Captain Cook gave 
the name “Sandwich” to the islands in honor of the 
Earl of Sandwich, but, even geographically, the group is 
now known as the “Hawaiian,” after the largest island. 

In 1786, the French navigator, La Perouse, visited the 
islands, landing at a point in Maui. La Perouse was 
afterwards killed by the savages of Navigator’s Island. 
Trade in sandal-wood began now to call the attention of 
vessels from the northwest coast and many called into 
Hawaii, Maui and Kauai. Two English vessels, the 
Queen Charlotte and King George 1 commanded by Captains 
Dixon and Portlock, respectively, called in at Kealakekua 
bay, Hawaii, on the 26th of May, 1786, but soon sailed for 
the Island of Oahu, anchoring off Waialae under the 
shadow of Diamond Head,.June 8d, of that year. Captain 


















































































































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George Vancouver made his first visit to Hawaii, March 
2, 1792, and during that month touched at Waikiki, 
Oahu, and at Waimea, Kauai. Vancouver made a second 
visit in February, 1798, a third and final visit in January, 
1794. Captain Mearea, a fur-trader, arrived in the snow* 
Nootka , at Waimea, Kauai, in August, 1787. On leaving 
in September for China, he took with him as a passenger 
to Canton, a high chief named Kaiana. Kaiana returned 
to his island home in the Iphigenia , Captain Douglass, 
landing at Kea.lakekua bay, December 29, 1788. Captain 
Metcalf, an American, in the snow Eleanor , visited the 
islands in 1789; in revenge for a theft and murder he 
killed a number of natives at Olowalu, Maui. The 
British storeship Daedalus , one of Vancouver’s vessels, 
Lieutenant Hergest commander, arrived off Waimea, 
Oahu, May 7, 1792. Here Lieutenant Hergest and 
Astronomer Gooch were killed by natives. In November, 
1794, the schooner Jackal , Captain Brown ; sloop Prince 
Lee Boo, Captain Gordon ; and sloop Lady Washington i, 
Captain Hendrick, entered and anchored in the harbor 
of Honolulu. This harbor was discovered on the 21st 
(November) by Captain Brown he then naming it 
“Fairhaven.” All of the Captains interfered in native 
troubles and within two months all three had met violent 
den/ths. In February, 1796, the British sloop-of-war 
Providence , Captain Broughton, arrived at Waikiki, 
Oahu. This officer made the first survey of the harbor 
of Honolulu. Captain Broughton made a second visit in 
July, 1796, touching at Hawaii, Oahu, Kauai and Niihau. 
Marines from this vessel landed at Niihau and were 
massacreed by the natives. This Captain Broughton 
introduced the grape-vine. Although strongly impor¬ 
tuned by Kamehameha for ammunition and arms he 
refused to supply or sell. In October, 1796, the snow 
Arthur , Captain Henry Barber, visited Oahu. He sailed 
from Waikiki, Oahu, for Kauai, on October 81st, but the 
vessel was wrecked off the southwest of Oahu on a point 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 11 

which is now known after the name of the Captain: 
“ Barber’s Point.” 

In 1815, the nucleus of a Russian colony was left at 
Waimea, Kauai, and a blockhouse and cannon were 
placed in position. Kamehameha ordered the Kauaian 
king- to expel the Russians, but they left quietly, and 
soon returned to Alaska via Honolulu. Captain Kotze¬ 
bue, of a Russian exploring expedition, arrived at Kailua, 



THE SNOW “ARTHUR.” WRECKED ON OAHU, 17%. 

Hawaii, in December, 1816, and soon after went to Hono¬ 
lulu. Honors were shown him, a sham naval battle at 
Pearl Harbor, in which a number of chiefs took part, 
were viewed by him. He sailed away the middle of 
December the same year, exchanging in going out the 
first salute fired with the newly built fort at Honolulu. 




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In 1818, a band of pirates, under the leadership of a 
Britisher named Turner, arrived at Kealakekua bay. 
They had booty in great abundance, but the latter part 
of the same year, a Bunoes Ayres man-of-war, the Ar¬ 
gentina, arrived in quest of them and being soon captured 
(by aid of the natives), the freebooters expiated their 
crimes by death on the sands of Waimea beach. 

August, 1819, the French corvette L'Uranie, M. Frey- 
cinct, commander, called at Kawaihae, Hawaii, and then 
at Honolulu. During her stay the Chaplain, M. Abbe 
de Quelin, baptized, in the Roman Catholic faith, two 
high chiefs,—Kalanimoku and his brother, Boki. The 
JT Uranie sailed for Port Jackson, N. S. W., August 30th, 
1819. 

In the meantime, Kamehameha, the Conqueror, had 
died (May 8, 1819), at Kailua, Hawaii. In 1795, he had 
succeeded in conquering the group, thus uniting the 
country under one head and ruler. He was succeeded 
by his son, Liholiho, who became king under the title 
of Kamehameha II. Toward the close of the year 1819, 
Liholiho, long importuned by Kaahumanu, one of the 
queens of the Conqueror, broke many of the existing 
tabus and renounced idolatry. For this act, cause was 
made against him by a young chief, Kekauokalani, aided 
by the priests. Liholiho had, fortunately for himself, 
been enabled to purchase about $11,000 worth of ammu¬ 
nition and muskets from an American trader, which 
proved most serviceable in ^he battle soon fought at 
Kuamoo (four miles north of Kohala) with victory to 
Liholiho. 

On March 30, 1820, the first American Missionaries 
arrived from Boston, Mass., in the brig Thaddeus ,* 
landing at Kailua, Hawaii. On the 18th of April they 
arrived in Honolulu. As Jarvis, the historian, tritely 
says: “they met a nation without a religion.” 

In December, 1820, tbe first whaleship, Mary , Captain 


* This vessel was afterwards sold to Kamehameha II. for $40,000. 




THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 13 

Allen, arrived in Honolulu harbor and was soon followed 
by many others. 

In 1821 vessels of another Russian exploring- expedition 
visited ports on Kauai. 

In 1822, in fulfillment of a promise made by Vancouver, 
the British Government had built and forwarded to the 
Hawaiian king a vessel named the Prince Regent. On 


KAAHUMANU, QUEEN OF KAMEHAMEHA I. 

this vessel, as passengers, came the first English 
(Episcopalian) ministers. 

In April, 1823, the Thames Captain Clasby, of New 
Haven, Conn., arrived in Honolulu harbor with a second 





















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deputation of American Missionaries. They found 
twenty-four vessels at anchor in the harbor and that a 
well-established trade was being carried on between the 
Phillipine Islands, China and the Northwest Coast of 
America. 

From thence (1823) on there were many voyagers to 
the islands and there was a great increase in trade. 
The natives were apt at learning to read and write and 
advanced rapidly along the lines of civilization. 

In 1827 three Roman Catholic priests became residents 
of Honolulu, celebrated their first mass July 14th and 
opened a small chapel in January, 1828—they were 
banished in 1831. 

The first census was taken in 1832 and the population 
was given as 130,313. 

Newspapers in the Hawaiian language were printed in 
1834, but it was not until 1836 that an English paper was 
published. 

In 1840 a school for the education of young chiefs was 
begun and in 1842 Oahu College was founded. 

During these years and down to 1851 the Hawaiian 
Government was very frequently embroiled in foreign 
complications which threatened, several times, to result 
in the seizure of the islands by some one of the 
Great Powers. But, by the aid of good councillors and 
final, but tardy, acts of justice, the rocks blocking the 
course of the political path of Hawaii were, one after 
another, removed. [The reader who would desire more 
in detail the circumstances connected therewith is 
referred to the perusal of “A Brief History of the 
Hawaiian People by W. D. Alexander.”] 

The sun of prosperity was made to shine on Hawaii by 
the passage of a Treaty of Reciprocity, August, 1876, 
and by which the United States gave great assistance to 
her little neighbor in the mid-Pacific. To-day Hawaii 
stands amid the great commercial centres of the world. 

Besides the marked change in the commercial prestige 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


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a great change has occurred in the political history. 
Five of the royal line of Kamehameha followed each 
other, by right of succession, on the throne of Hawaii. 
In 1872 Kamehameha V died without appointing a 
successor and in accordance with the will of the people as 
expressed at the ballot-box on January 1, 1873, the 
Legislature on January 8th elected Prince William C. 
Lunalilo, and he became the first elected Hawaiian king. 
Luualilo reigned one year and twenty-five days, dying on 
February 3, 1874. Having failed to proclaim a successor, 
another election was held to close the existing interreg¬ 
num and on February 12, 1874, nine days after the death 
of Lunalilo, the Legislature again met and elected David 



HULA DANCERS. AN EVIL GOD. 


Kalakaua to reign. King Kalakaua reigned, until death 
called him, Jan. 20,1891, a term of 16 years and 11 months. 
Kalakaua was succeeded by his sister, Princess Liliuoka- 
lani, who was regent at the time of his death. She took 
the throne on January 29th under the title of Queen 
Liliuokalani; Princess Victoria Kaiulani being named 
and duly proclaimed heir-presumptive. On January 17, 
1893, by a revolution, Queen Liliuokalani was dethroned, 
the monarchical system set aside, and a Provisional 
Government established with four members as “ Execu- 





GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


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tive Council,'’ A “Constitutional Convention,” framed 
and adopted a constitution providing- for a permanent 
form of government for the Hawaiian Islands under the 
name of the “Republic of Hawaii,” and on July 4, 1894, 
the “Republic of Hawaii,” with Hon. Sanford B. Dole 
as President, was publicly proclaimed and is the form of 
government now in existence. 

Description of the Islands. 

In 1860 the Hawaiian Islands were, commercially, of 
little account. The principal export was a few thousand 
tons of sugar ; the main source of income the furnishing 
of supplies to whaleships. In 1897 the foreign commerce 
of Hawaii will exceed $5,000,000. Her foreign commerce 
is now carried on by regular lines of clipper packets 
running to New York, Boston, Liverpool, Bremen, Puget 
Sound and San Francisco. The islands have now first- 
class steamship communication with San Francisco, 
Vancouver, Australia, China, Japan and may, in the 
near future, connect with Tahiti. The total population 
in 1897 was about 110,000. 

Hawaii is the largest island of the group and by its 
name the archipelago is universally known. The island 
is situated between 20 Q 40', and 18° 55', North lat., and 
154.40 and 156.10° West long. It is 90 miles long and 74 
miles in breadth, containing an area of 4210 square miles 
and has a population, by census of 1896, of 33,285. 
Hawaii presents the grandest scenery of any island in 
the group, and has an area of more than one and a half 
times all the other principal islands put together. It 
stands first in agricultural importance and its products 
are more varied than those of any other single island in 
the group. It contains the highest mountain of any 
island in the world and the two largest active volcanoes 
(Kilauea and Mauna Loa) on the globe are here found. 
The most striking feature of Hawaii is its world-renowned 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


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volcano of Kilauea and the stupendous lava flows. The 
three great peaks on the Island of Hawaii,—Mauna Kea, 
13,805 feet; Mauna Loa, 13,675 and Hualalai 8,275 can 
all be ascended without great difficulty. To the volcano 
the traveler has an excellent road, on which bicycle 
records have been made of late, to the very brink of this 
world-wonder and also has “all the comforts of a home ’’ 



ISLAND OE HAWAII. 


m the excellently well kept Volcano Hous'd. Hawaii is 
200 miles from Honolulu and is reached by steamers of 
the Wilder Steamship and the Inter-Island. Steamship 
Companies* 

The principal town, ■{rapidly approaching towards a 
city,) of the Island of Hawaii, is Hilo; situated on Hilo. 








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or more properly u Byron’s ” bay. This is the point of 
debarkation for the volcano. In the immediate vicinity 
of the town are several interesting; resorts all easily 
reached. Rainbow Falls in the Wailuku river and 
Akaka Falls in the Kolikoli river T 3 miles from Hilo, are 
both interesting, the water of the latter having an 
unbroken fall of over 500 feet-. A trip- to Cocoanut Island,, 
situated in Hilo harbor, is- pleasant and rides along the 
seashore are full of interest. Hilo is a go-ahead, locality,, 
churches and school-housesbeing; particularly prominent, 
while, of late, the publication of two newspapers, the 
Hilo Tribune and Hilo Herald , aids the general progess- 
iveness. This town exports and imports direct to and 
from San Francisco, and the increasing coffee industry 
bids fair to add largely to its present heavy exportation 
of sugar. The population of Hilo distinct is about 9,000- 
Other places of interest are: Mahukona, where there is- 
a steamer-landing and a railroad 20 miles long ; Waipio- 
valley, celebrated for its scenery and the waterfall of 
Hiilawe. which drops 1,600 feet; Honokaa, close to 
thriving sugar plantations; Kaawaloa, where Captain 
Cook was killed and where a monument to his memory 
now stands ; Kailua, a favorite residence of Kamehameha 
I and other Hawaiian kings; Honaunau, near which, in 
an excellent state of preservation, are the ruins of an: 
ancient “ city of refuge;” Kawaihae, from the beautiful 
bay of which may be seen the three mountain peak s; 
Olaa, near Hilo, a famous coffee distinct. 

Maui, the second island in area is to the northward 
Hawaii. It is 48 miles long and 30 miles broad, and has 
an area of 760 square miles. It stands second in agricul¬ 
tural importance, the soil being very rich, and the water 
supply being well distributed and plentiful. In 1896, the 
island had a population of 17,726. The island is geograph¬ 
ically divided into East and West. The physical confor¬ 
mation of the isthmus of Kula and the configuration of 
the two divisions of the island plainly establish the eon 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


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vietion that Maui was formerly two islands. In its gen¬ 
eral outline Maui represents a human bust well defined. 
In West Maui is located the famous Iao Valley whose 
sides are formed of perpendicular wails 2000 and 3000 



feet high. Down the steep faces of these encircling walls 
pour hundreds of slender streams. These thread-like 
streams unite to form the Wailuku river whose waters, 
the native historians say, “ran with blood” in a great 
battle in 1790 when Kamehameha conquered the island. 


































































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In the middle of Iao Valley stands a remarkable,. sharp r 
knife-like ridge rising to a height of 2000 feet. In East 
Maui is the famous Mountain Haleakala, 10,000 feet high 
the summit of whieh holds the greatest extinct crater in- 
the world, being 28 miles in circumference, with a depth 
2720 feet; area about 16i miles!: For solemn grandeur 
there is no scene like this elsewhere. The trip to Hale_ 
akal>a is an easy one. Maui is 72 miles from Honolulu 
and k reached by steamers- of the Wilder and the Inter- 
Island Steamship Companies. 

Lahaina is one of the first points of call cm Maui of 
steamers* from Honolulu. It was the ancient capital and! 
at one time held the “’palace of a king,” (Kamehamha 
III.) In the old whaling days business were very brisk 
at Lahaina. The place has many interesting spots and 
viewed from the anchorage it is one of the most pictur¬ 
esque towns in the group. Towering above Lahaina at a 
distance of about two miles may be seen the Seminary of 
Lahainakma. Kahnlui’ is the chief seaport and from 
thence a; direct trade is carried on with San Francisco.— 
Wailuku is the chief town and is connected with Kahului 
by railway.—Spreckelsville, a short distance from Ka¬ 
li ului, holds one of the largest sugar plantations and 
mills on' the Islands.—Iao Valley is back of Wailuku and 
that place; as well as the path to the summit of Mountain, 
Haleakala, may be reached from that town.—Ulupalakua y 
on the side of Haleakala,. at about 2000 feet elevation r 
was formerly a, sugar plantation owned by (deceased) 
Capt. James Makee. From the beginning,, the Makee 
family spared no pains or expense to secure every flower¬ 
ing plant or tree brought to the island as well as to foster 
the growth of all native trees or plants of merit. Hun¬ 
dreds have been guests at “'Rose Ranch” as Ulupalakua 
was then called. Mr, James 1. Dowsett is the present 
owner and uses the estate for ranching purposes. 

OAHUythe third island in size of the group, but the 
chief in population and prestige, is 48 miles long and 25 


U T HE 'HAWAIIAN aSLANHS. 


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miles in hreadth, containing an area of 600 square miles. 
The island had-, by the census-of 1896, a total population 
-of 40,205 people. In agricultural importance the island 
has stood fourth -on the list, but the introducing of a line 
•of railway into lands near the capital city of Honolulu 
and the great success attending development of several 
.sugar industries .newly started ©n the island, is causing 
-an advance in its rank as a producer. The island has 
many places of interest aside from those connected with 
the capital and entrepot, Honolulu. There are two 



MOLOKAI. LANAI. KAHOOLAWE. MAttt, 

mountain ranges on the island.; one, the Koolau rango, 
extending northwest to southeast along the eastern side 
of the island, the highest peaks of which are Konahuanui, 
5,105 feet, and Lanihuli, 2,780 feet. The other range, 
the Waianae mountains, fringe the southwest coast. At 
the southeast end of the island is the well-known 
promontory Diamond Head (whose characteristics have 
been so graphically displayed in verse by Mrs. B. F. 
Dillingham) and on the west is “ Barber’s ” point. On 



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Oahu, a short distance from Honolulu, is the famous 
Pali or precipice over which Kamehameha forced his 
rivals in a battle at that point. There are several large 
sugar plantations on Oahu and one, the Ewa Plantation 
and Mill, is one of the largest in the group. The Oahu 
Railway runs through the western portion of the island, 
coasting the proposed United States naval station at 
Pearl Harbor. A complete circuit of the island may be 
made by either car, horseback or bicycle. 

Honolulu, the capital city of the Hawaiian Islands, is 
on the Island of Oahu. It contains the most important 
of the government buildings and is the seat of govern- 



IBLAND OF OAHU. 


ment. Here five lines of the Pacific steamship companies 
land their passengers and freight, taking other passengers 
and freight from here to the East, South and West. 
Sailing vessels of all nations and from all countries land 
their freights at Honolulu. Five-sixths of the imports 
and exports of the group pass through this port. The 
general appearance of the city from the sea is misleading, 
no good view being obtainable of the business blocks 
from the sea-side. From the city-side, when at any high 
elevation, still less can be seen of the city on account of 




THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


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it 'being “smothered” in foliage. Honolulu streets are 
Sighted by electricity and every building, residence or 
•office, of importance, is oonn-ected with an excellent 
telephone service. Here a visitor can have a “ feast of 
nations ” with his eyes in any street of the city. Outside 
•of the city is the famous Nuuanu Fall, (precipice,) the 
scene of a great battle the victory in which made 
Kamehameha I. master of almost the entire group. The 
Waikiki beach, a famous bathing place, Punchbowl hill 
and the peak of Tantalus, are all objects of interest and 



always visited. The population of Honolulu is 30,000, 
[For a more extended description of the city of Honolulu 
see article entitled “ Honolulu the Hub of the “ Paradise 
of the Pacific.”] “Near to the city of Honolulu lies 
the famed island bays of Pearl Harbor and which, in 
security, area and general convenience, belongs to the 
class of larger and better havens like New York and Rio 
de Janeiro. The entrance to Pearl Harbor is as yet 
closed to the passage of large vessels by coral obstruc- 







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24 


tions in the outer passage through the barrier reef, one 
mile from shore. After passing this, vessels enter a 
kind of deep river, nearly half a mile wide, bordered by 
low coral bluffs. About two miles inland the river opens 
into wide lochs, which are separated by islands and 
peninsulas. In these lochs are about 1500 acres of water, 
from four to fifteen fathoms deep in many places and so 
close to the coral bluffs that the largest ship might have 
a plank placed to shore. There is every facility for 
building wharves at which hundreds of the largest 



steamers could lie at one time. The relation of Pearl 
Harbor to Honolulu may be seen on the map designated. 
The district is already united to Honolulu by the Oahu 
Railway being only seven miles from Honolulu post-office 
or twelve minutes by rail.” 

Kauai is the fifth island in importance. It is situat¬ 
ed between 21 degrees, 50 minutes, and 22.17 N. latitude, 
150 degrees, 19 minutes, 150 degrees 47 minutes W. long¬ 
itude. The island is 25 miles long, 24 miles in breadth, 





THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


and has an area of 590 square miles. The population in 
1896 was 15,228. The shores of Kauai are bold and im¬ 
pressive in appearances, basaltic in their nature, in some 


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ragged rocks. The location of the island is climatically 
excellent. It is the oldest island, its soil is deeper and 
there is more arable land. Kauai is a land associated 




GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


26 

with a long race of kings, chiefs and warriors: with bat¬ 
tles, victories, traditions and song. The entire island 
seems to have been formed by the successive eruptions 
of Mount Waialeale, the great central peak 6000 feet 
high. Two or three chains of mountains bisect the isl¬ 
and. it is well watered by the Hanalei, Waimea and 
Wailua rivers. There are several sugar plantations on 
Kauai and one at Makaweli is the largest in the group. 
The principal ports are about 100 to 125 miles from Ho¬ 
nolulu and are reached by steamers of the Inter-Island 
Company. 

Lihue is the chief town of Kauai and has a population 
of 3425. It is situated about two miles inland, Nawiliwili 
being the landing place. From Nawiliwili the visitor can 
ride over an excellent road to the town. At Lihue the 
sittings of court are held. There is a large sugar plan" 
tation here, one of the oldest in the Islands, and also the 
extensive stock ranch of Senator W. H. Rice (a second 
Stanford.) For a ride full of beauty and interest one 
should land at Koloa and go thence to Lihue through 
the “ Gap” in the chain of mountains which separate 
Koloa from Lihue. The district of Lihue is delightful 
and invigorating. The soil is rich, capable of producing 
every tropical vegetable as well as several specimens of 
foreign grain. Wailua, beyond Lihue, is located on 
either side of the river bearing its name. Here are the 
famous falls of Wailua most romantically located in the 
midst of a luxuriant forest. One comes upon them al¬ 
most unaware and looks into a chasm 180 feet deep into 
which the Wailua river pours in one unbroken sheet. 
Wailua was formerly the property of Queen Deborah, 
the wife of King Kaumualii, the last king of Kauai. The 
Wailua river is associated with many traditions.—Mana, 
in the Waimea district, is the location of the wonderful 
“barking” sands, or as Miss Anna M. Paris, a writer of 
note, calls them, the “ singing sands.” At this place 
mirages are often seen.—The valley of Hanalei, as well 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


27 

as of Hanapepe, are beautiful natural spots; Hanalei has, 
in addition, an extensive bay and several natural caves. 
It was at Hanalei that a silk-worm farm had successful 



existence for a while. Coffee and sugar are now the 
productions.—Makaweli has one of the largest sugar es¬ 
tates on the Islands.—Napali is a natural wonder which, 
for 20 miles, guards the coast of Kauai. 





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28 

* Molokai, “ the land of precipices,” as the Hawaiians 
call it, lies nearly east from Oahu and may be seen from 
there on a clear day. The island is forty miles long, 7 
miles in breadth and has an area of 270 square miles. 
The steamers fi om San Francisco pass close to this island 
in coming to Honolulu. The population in 1896 was 2307. 
A portion of the windward side can only be approached 
from the sea. On the leeward side there is some fine 
grazing land. There being but four water courses on 
the island there are no large areas suitable for the 
cultivation of sugar cane although coffee is making 
marked progress in the leeward valleys. King Kameha- 
meha V had an extensive grazing ranch on the western 
plateau and there he placed several deer sent him by 
friends The deer have greatly increased and one of the 
pleasures of a visit to Molokai is a privileged (to be 
obtained) deer hunt. Molokai is 50 miles from Honolulu 
and is reached by Wilder Steamship Co.’s boats. 

Kaunakakai is the chief landing place for steamers on 
Molokai and has a post-office, church, schools, etc. The 
population is very small and although the land is fertile 
lack of water prevents much cultivation. This place was 
formerly a resort of Kamehameha V. Kalaupapa, on the 
north side of the island, is the landing place for the leper 
settlement. It is a natural house of detention being 
guarded by precipices and sea. The settlement consists 
of the villages of Kalaupapa, Kalawao and Waikolu. 
From this latter place an excellent supply of fresh water 
is obtained ; the long line of pipe, running alongside the 
sea sides of the precipices, were placed in position under 
the management of Mr. C. B. Wilson in 1887. The 
undertaking was arduous and very dangerous, and the 
successful accomplishment has brought much relief to 

* The picture shows the main road to Kalawao, where the worst 
cases reside. To the left is the church built by Father Damien. On 
the right are the houses inhabited by the sick. The background 
shows the natural precipitous cliffs which encircle the land side of the 
settlement, and at the base of which runs the pipe line which brings 
water from Waikolu river, three miles away. 



THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


20 


the sufferers at the settlements. Kalawao is where 
Father Damien lived and died and his tomb is there. A 
monument at Kalaupapa shows the appreciation of his 
labors by foreign friends. A band of devoted Sisters of 
Mercy are the attendants on the outcasts and the Board 
of Health use every means to alleviate the sufferings of 
these “wards of the nation.” 

Lanai is in 21° 2' North iat. and 156° 41' West long. 
It is 19 miles long, 10 miles in breadth and has an area 
of 100,000 acres. The principal industry is sheep-raising 
and wool. The population in 1896 was about 105. The 
island is very rarely visited, communication being had 
by schooner or occasionally by steamer; it is 58 miles 
from Honolulu. 

Niihau is situated in 21 degrees, 46 minutes North 
latitude, and 160 degrees, 4 minutes West longitude. It. 
.s noted for the primitive manners retained by the na¬ 
tives there in their style of life and living. The island 
has been leased by the Hawaiian Government to Messrs. 
Gay and Sinclair who are engaged in sheep-raising. It 
is necessary to obtain permission from the lessees to land 
or travel over the island. The principal industry is 
sheep-raising. Niihau is twenty miles distant from Ka¬ 
uai, with which communication is had by whaleboat and 
occasionally b,y steamer. It was formerly noted for the 
beautiful texture of the mats woven by the residents and 
also for the sheils collected by divers. Two-thirds of 
Niihau consists of a low plain composed of an uplifted 
coral reef with matter washed down from the mountains. 
The population in 1896 was 164. It is 27 miles long, 7 
miles wide, and has an area of 97 square miles. It is 
about 135 miles from Honolulu. 

The other islands near to Honolulu are Kahoolawe and 
Kaula, neither are of importauce nor interest. Laysan 
Island is a guano island and is leased by the government 
to the Hawaiian Fertilizer Co. Necker Island, an almost 
inaccessible rock, was formally annexed by the Govern- 


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ment in 1894. It was presumed to be liable to prove use¬ 
ful as a landing place for a Pacific cable from the coast of 
America to Australia. Of these and other islands which 
are also considered belonging to the Hawaiian group the 
following brief description is given; 

Nihoa or Bird Island lies N. W. by W. f W. from Ho¬ 
nolulu, 244 miles distant. It is a precipitous rock about 
400 feet high, about 14 miles long, and a half mile broad. 
Anchorage and landing off south side of the island. 

a Laysan Island lies West by North f North from 
Honolulu 808 miles. Low and sandy, 25 to 30 feet high ; 
3 miles long and 14 miles broad. This is a guano island 
and is now under lease to the Hawaiian Fertilizer Co. of 
this city. 

a Gardner’s Island is West Northwest from Honolulu, 
distant 607 miles. Is merely two almost inaccessible 
rocks 200 feet high and about one-sixth of a mile in 
length. Fish are plentiful. 

a Liscansky Island is West by North f North from 
Honolulu, distant 922 miles; low, sandy, from 25 to 50 
feet high. Is about H miles long and in northern part 
about 1 mile wide. Fish, birds and seal are plentiful. 

b Ocean or Cure Island is West by North I North 
from Honolulu, distant about 1800 miles from Honolulu. 
It is low and sandy and is about 3 miles long by half a 
mile wide at broadest part. 

c Necker Island lies West by North f North from 
Honolulu, distant 403 miles. Is a precipitous rock, 300 
feet high, 1 mile long, 4 mile broad. Landing possible 
only in good weather. 

Palmyra Island is in lat. 5° 50 t North; long. 16H 53r 
West, and distant about 1100 miles southwest from 
Honolulu. It is composed of numerous islets and is about 
10 miles in circumference. In the centre is a lagoon. 
The island is low and cocoanut trees is the only growth 
thereon. The island was taken possession of by Captain 
Z. Bent for Kamehameha IV in April, 1862. and subse- 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


31 


quently proclaimed to be part of the Hawaiian domain. 

a Possession taken by Captain John Paty in the name 
of Kamehameha IV, in May, 1857. Official notice, by 
publication, given August 29, 1857. 

b Formal possession taken by Col. James H. Boyd on 
behalf of the Hawaiian Government, September 20, 1886. 

c Possession taken in the name of the Republic of 
Hawaii by Captain James A. King (Minister of Interior) 
May 27, 1894. 









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“ Nmv if you love the 'ftoftthe'm wea. 

And pleasant -summer Weather, 

Cofne, let via mount this gallant ah if), 

•And sail &\y?uy together.''* 

— William. itovoitt. 


With the magnificent steamers now running between 
the Pacific Coast, traveling 1 between San Francisco, Van¬ 
couver and Honolulu is made Very easy. One of the 
•steamers of the Oceanic -steamship Co., the AnsteuUa, 
Oapt. H. C. Houdlette, is engaged specially between San 
Francisco and the Islands. Arriving - in Honolulu the 
seventh day out from San Francisco the Australia re-* 
mains In port here a Week, giving tourists ample time to 
visits all the points of interest in and around Honolulu, 
also to take a trip over the Oahu R. It. and make a circuit 
of the island. By staying over a trip the world-renown 
active crater of Kilauea, and Captain Cook’s monument, 
both on Hawaii, the Vast extinct emter of Haleakala, 
■Spreekelsville plantation-, the famed lao valley on Maui; 
and the “ Garden Island” of Kauai may all be visited. 
One, veil versed in the advantages and disadvantages of 
a “Trip to Hawaii,” who has been an extensive traveler 
himself-, has written, that; 

“Ever since the days when Mark Twain’s ‘ Roughing 
It,’ supplemented later by Charles Warren Stoddard’s 
‘Lazy Letters from Low Latitudes,’first advertised ex¬ 
tensively to the American public t-he delights of the 
Hawaiian trip, there has been an increasing -stream of 
tourist travel. And this has been in the face of troublous 
times, politically, on the islands. With the establishment 
of a stable .government, the tide of tourist travel has 
begun to set more strongly than ever towards the isles 
of the West for the eyes of the whole world have -been 
turned, as never before, in that direction. And truly the 



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GODFREY S HAND BOOK. 


trip is an attractive one. The Pacific Slope has become 
the resort of a very large number of wealthy Americans 
who flee from the extremes of heat and cold of the rest 
of the country. These people have thought little of 
taking a run across the Atlantic and here they find a 
cheaper and pleasanter sea voyage offered them with a 
brand new and exceeding attractive experience at the 
end of it. There is- but one Pacific ocean, but one 
Hawaiian group. To sail for a week over the calm blue 
waters of the one and to luxuriate in the tropical beauty 
of the other are pleasures not to be duplicated the world 
over. 

“ Hawaii attracts all classes, those that Love the dolce 
far niente of life in a warm climate and abundant 
vegetation, bright flowers and luscious fruits, may well 
seek this garden spot where they may lazily swing their 
hammocks beneath the vine-covered porches at Waikiki 
and watch the long rollers of the great ocean break in 
rythmis regularity on the shining sands. Those that 
love adventure and active exercise may find it in perfec¬ 
tion in the Volcano trips, where they may stand anti 
watch the great sea of cloud gather and billow and break 
in the giant cup of Haleakala or may venture down into 
the pit at Kilauea into the very portals of the 1 House 
Everlasting.’ Strange cultures will attract the visitor; 
coffee and sugar plantations, rice and taro patches, and 
the groves of bananas and pineapples. He will be made 
welcome by the people if he shows himself friendly. A 
luau will be given in his honor when all the guests will 
be decked with fragrant flowers, and poi, squid and fish 
baked in ti- leaves, and the fatted poi-dog will be set 
before him. In Honolulu and the other towns he will 
find congenial and intellectual companionships and have 
a chance to study, at first hand, the beginnings and 
evolutions of a Christian civilization second to none.” 



HONOLULU, 

The “Hub” of the Pacific. 

“ Moonlight—music—Honolulu ! 

On my heart thy radiance gleams. 

Land of loveliness unending. 

Land of beauty—land of dreams.” 

—May F. Coolidge. 

The city of Honolulu, on the Island of Oahu, is the 
commercial and political capital of the Hawaiian Islands. 
The population by the census of 1896 is computed at over 
29,920 and the site built upon exceeds four square miles. 
Honolulu has • a larger population than any city of 
California excepting San Francisco, San Jose, Los 
Angeles and Oakland. It has a more extensive shipping 
trade than any port on the Pacific coast of North or 
South America, excepting San Francisco alone, and its 
harbor is superior to any of those ports in easy accessi¬ 
bility, calmness of the inside waters, natural facilities 
for loading and unloading vessels, including a marine 
railway, and centrality of position for future possibilities 
of increase in foreign shipping trade and transhipments. 
There is no other tropical city in the world that can 
compare with Honolulu in natural and artistic beauty. 
Liberal appropriations of money have been made by each 
successive government for purpose of local improvement, 
and private enterprise has been also exerted to a most 
unusual extent in the erection of large and handsome 
villa residences, embowered in a tropical luxuriance of 
ornamental trees and flowering shrubbery. Less than 
forty years ago Honolulu was an inconsiderable provincial 
town, with wooden buildings, dirt roads, no street lights, 
no street railways, no hacks and of limited society. 



GODFREY S' HAND' BOOK'. 


36 

To-day it is a city of nearly 30,000 inhabitants,, well-kept 
public buildings, miles ©f macadamized streets,, lighted, 
by electricity, about twenty miles- of street railway,. 



thirteen hundred telephones, three hundred hacks, an 
excellently equipped and most comfortable theatre equal 
in scenic properties and spectacular appliances to the 





THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


37 


most modern, and surpassing many of such in Boston., 
New York or Ban Francisco. A steam railway, with 
palace cars, .running along the coast line for nearly forty 
miles and an educated and ‘cultivated society. The 
possibilities of the capital city of the M Paradise of the 
Pacific ” and. vicinity-, in the -line of advancement in 
tangible prosperity are great, all appearances indicate 
that Honolulu will, in the near future, -be the great 
-distributing port in the Pacific, 

In and about Honolulu are many things <to be seen 
which are both interesting 1 and amusing. A month could 
be well spent but it is supposed that the visitor lacks 
time so we will speed -along quickly. One -of the many 
ways to u ho ” Honolulu is to take an afternoon walk. 
Of course we‘Start from the Hawaiian Hotel, for, even if 
we are not .guests, we will visit the well-kept grounds 
and view the pavilion, which is fair.y-land at night, and 
in which the evening 1 concerts are given ; from thence we 
journey to the 

Principal Points of Interest, 

The Executive Building, formerly the Iolani Palace, 
is located on Richards street, diagonally across -from the 
Hotel, and with its .grounds occupy the block between 
Richards, Hi-kelike, Hotel and King. The foundation 
stone was laid Dec. 31, 1878, with masonic ceremonies, 
the then king (Kalakaua) being an ardent Mason. The 
building was completed in 1883 and cost about $500,000. 
It is now occupied for business purposes, in the upper 
portion b.y the President and Cabinet of the Republic 
and contains the offices of Foreign Affairs, Finance, 
Interior, Attorney-General and Auditor-General. The 
halls used by the Senate and House of Representatives 
are also located in the building. The lower portion of 
the building, the basement, is occupied by the soldiers 
of the regular army as their quarters. At the rear and to 


GODFREY S HAND BOOK. 


38 

the left of the Executive Building- is the Headquarters 
of the National Guard of Hawaii, Col. J. H. Fisher 



commanding'. There is no prohibition to entering the 
grounds or upper portion of the main building, and a 


EXECUTIVE BUILDING AND MILITARY HEADQUARTERS. 











THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


39 


proper request will very probably obtain permission to 
visit otherwise restricted portions. In the southwest 
•end of the .grounds is a portion of the pavilion in which 
King 1 Kalakaua and Queen Kapiolani were crowned 
■during 1 the memorable coronation services in 1883. 
•Concerts are given in the pavilion occasionally by the 
Hawaiian Band. When the Senate is in session the flag 
■of the Republic flies from the flagstaff on the central 
tower and sometimes on other State occasions. The 
grounds are well laid out and very well kept. In the 
44 Headquarters,” above mentioned, is also the room of 
the “Officers’ Club,” an organization composed of 
membersof the Cabinet and all military officers connected 
with the formation of the Republic. Officers of any 
•army or navy are always welcome visitors to the Club, 
‘entre being regularly obtained by correspondence with 
the secretary. 

The Statue of Kamehameha I. is in the grounds 
of the Judiciary Building across King street from the 
Executive Building. The statue is made of bronze and 
shows the Conqueror with his famous feather cloak, lean- 
ing on a spear, with the right arm extended and hand 
bent upwards in the act of bidding “welcome.” This 
statue is a replica of an original which was for a time 
lying at the bottom of the sea at Falkland Islands. Later 
the original was recovered and it was forwarded to Ko- 
hala where it now rests. On the sides of the pedestal 
which form the base are relief casts of noted events in 
the life of Kamehameha, viz.: 1, Appearance of Capt. 
Cook’s vessels. 2, Cook landing at Kealakekua bay. 3, 
Kamehameha’s prowess as a spear-catcher. 4, the chief 
viewing his war canoes. The statue was unveiled by 
King Kalakaua in 1884. It was moulded by David R. 
Gould, a Boston sculptor. 

The Judiciary Building, formerly known as Aliio- 
lani Hale (House of the Chiefs), is directly before us. The 
upper floor is occupied by the Supreme Court room, the 


GODFREY S HAND HOOK. 


40 

chamber's of the Chief Justice Judd, Associate Judges 
Whiting and Frear, and Judges Perry and Stanley of 
the Circuit Court. There is also an extensive and well 



selected Law Library on this same floor. The room of 
Chief Clerk Henry Smith is situated off the Supreme 
Court room. On the lower floor are the offices of the 


ROMAN CATHOLIC MISSION CHURCH, 1827, 




THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


41 


Department of Education, Board of Health, Tax Asses¬ 
sor, Oahu, Chinese Permit Bureau, Land Office, Regis¬ 
trar of Conveyances, Secretaries of Election, Immigra¬ 
tion and Agriculturel and Superintendent of Census. 
The building has a central clock tower and is quite 
roomy although somewhat dilapitated in appearance In 
the Board of Health rooms and the Supreme Court room 
are valuable paintings of olden chiefs and modern high 
personages. 

Kapuaiwa Building is to the left and rear of the 
Judiciary Building. It was built in 1886. Over the en¬ 
trance may be seen the favorite motto of King Kalakaua, 
viz., Hoola Lahui, i.e, “Increase the Nation.” This 
building contains the offices of the Water Works, Public 
Works, Surveyor-General and Road Supervisor. 

Hawaiian Opera House, is a building to the right of 
the Kamehameha statue, on King street, lately erected 
through the public spiritedness of Messrs. W. G. Irwin, 
of Honolulu, and John D. and A. B. Spreckels, of San 
Francisco. A building originally erected in 1879 at a cost of 
-$75,000 was destroyed by fire (incendiary) in 1898 and this 
one has been since placed in position at a greatly in¬ 
creased cost. The interior is elegantly fitted up with 
every convenience, and there is a full stock of “up-to- 
date” scenery, including a new drop curtain, painted by 
the well-known American artist, Mr. William T. Porter, 
and is a work of art rarely seen inside of a theatre. The 
stage is sixty feet wide by thirty-four deep and forty 
high. Electricity is the only lighting medium. The 
seating capacity is about 1000. Robert Abrams, of the 
Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco, had the supervision of 
the stage arrangement of the stage machinery, traps, 
etc. This new house was opened to the public on the 
November 7, 1897, the performance being the oper 
of II Trovatore, a local cancatrice, Mrs. Annis Mon¬ 
tague Turner, (nee Cooke) in the leading role. 


42 


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Kawaiahao Church, once familiarly known as the 
“Stone Church,” is the large square solid-looking build¬ 
ing to the east of the Judiciary building. It is easily re¬ 
cognizable by its square clock-tower. This is the first 
church built in Hawaii. The idea of erecting a perma¬ 
nent and commodious house of worship for the First Na¬ 
tive Church in Honolulu originated with Kalaimoku, the 
chief in rank next to Kaahumanu who was then regent. 
This was in 1825. Originally a thatched building 175 feet 
long and eighty wide occupied the grounds until 1888, 
when the corner stone of the present church was laid. 
Native masons only were employed and they refused all 
pay. Foreign carpenters were employed to frame and 
put on the roof. The coral stone was cut from the harbor 
reef and brought by relays of men under direction of the 
chiefs. It took a little over five years to complete at 
an estimated cost of $80,000. All the labor of the people 
was given voluntarily, and w r hen the building was finish¬ 
ed it was devoid of debt. It will accommodate 8000 peo¬ 
ple, and is one of the landmarks seen plainly from the 
sea. A fine organ and excellent choir of native voices 
may be heard at the services. Rev. H. H. Parker is the 
pastor. 

Attached to the grounds of this notable church is a no 
less notable God’s acre, in the confines of which sleep 
many an one identified with Hawaiian progress. At 
the entrance, in an enclosed plot, is the Tomb of King 
Lunalilo, who died of consumption on the 3d of Feb¬ 
ruary, 1874, and was here buried. A nobler-monument 
to Lunalilo’s name exists in the Lunalilo Home for aged 
and indigent Hawaiians (described elsewhere) and which 
was established and exists through his bounty. Set on 
the walls of the church, on either side the entrance, are 
marble entablatures to the memories of Rev. Hiram Bing¬ 
ham, the first pastor, and David Douglas, an English 
naturalist. 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


43 


The Queen Emma Hospital. This institution, a 
short walk away from Kawaiahao church, is a lasting- 
monument to the memory of Kamehameha IV and his 
noble lady, Queen Emma. It is situated in a large and 
spacious park on Punchbowl. Hawaiians are admitted 
here free of charge but foreigners have to pay from 75 cents 
to $3.00 per day according to desire and ability. The 
grounds are beautifully laid out, magnificent palms lining 
the avenues to the Hospital. The main entrance is from 
Punchbowl street, and all visitors should call at the 
office before walking about the building. 

Central Union Church, (Congregational). This, the 
most fashionable church of the city of Honolulu, is located 
on the southwest corner of Richards and Beretania 
streets, a short distance from the Hotel. The building is 
of late completion and is most modern in its structure 
and appliances, all of the master-minds of Honolulu being- 
engaged in the details of construction. The corner-stone 
was laid in June, 1891, and opened for services December 
4, 1892; the cost to completion was in the neighborhood 
of $130,000. The congregation is composed of a jointure 
between the members of the old Seamen’s Bethel, of 
which Father Damon was pastor, organized in 1842, aud 
of the “Fort Street Church,” organized in 1852. The 
later coalition was made in 1887. The church is supplied 
with an expensive organ and a special choir of excellently 
trained voices. Douglas P. Birnie, of Boston, is the 
present pastor. Strangers are always welcome at the 
services. 

The Young Men’s Christian Association Rooms 
is a two-story brick building and is diagonally across from 
the Hotel, on the corner of Alakea and Hotel streets, 
almost opposite the Honolulu Library and Reading 
Rooms. The Association rooms are all bright and airy. 
On the lower floor is the office, a reception room and the 
reading room. Down in the depths, as an annex, is a 
well-equipped gymnasium. On the upper floors is a large 


44 


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CENTRAL UNION CHURCH 




















THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


45 


audience hall, and side rooms used for teaching* purposes. 
The rooms are open from 8 A. M. to 9:30 P. M. and 
admission is free. 

The Honolulu Library and Reading Room is 
opposite the rooms of the Y. M. C. A., on the northwest 
corner of Alakea a/nd Hotel streets. The building* is one 
story, brick, but is built with a view to make the best 
possible use of space. Works on the Islands are plentiful, 
as well as books on all subjects. It has been a rule to 
permit strangers, or occasional comers, the use of the 
room and papers free although there is a subscription 
charge. The Library is open from 9:30 A. M. to 10 P. M. 
every day, Sundays not excepted. The Historical Society 
has a library situated here, information regarding which 
as well as other 1,4 Library ” matters will be cheerfully 
given by the librarian, Miss Burbank. 

The Public Market, situated at the foot of Alakea 
street, is well worthy a visit. Here maybe seen, espe¬ 
cially on Saturday afternoons, a large crowd of Hawaiians 
who, whether they buy or not, serve to add interest to a 
very busy scene. On the tables are spread out many 
denizens of Hawaiian waters which will be both new and 
strange to the foreign visitor. The crowd, although at 
times boisterous, is always good natured, and the life 
displayed is a contrast to the usual placitude of Ha waiian 
manners. 

The Sailor’s Home is located on Halekauwila street, 
within a stone’s throw of the Public Market.. The build¬ 
ing is of brick and is a modern 4k up-to-date” safe harbor 
for 44 poor Jack’ while drifting about on shore. The 
excellent accommodations and cheapness of rates causes 
higher officers of vessels to seek its shelter. Of late 
years the character and manner of conduct of the Home 
have advanced to a degree that warrants many local res¬ 
idents making it their home. 

From the Sailor’s Home it is a very easy matter to 
take a walk by the wharves towards the Custom House 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


46 

situated near the junction of Fort street and the Esplan¬ 
ade. One passes en route the steamer landing's of the 
Pacific Mail, Occidental and Oriental, Ganadian-Pacific, 
Wilder’s (Volcano), Inter-Island, and, opposite the Cus¬ 
tom House, that of the Oceanic S. S. Co. 

The Custom House is at the lower end of Fort street. 
A two-story building with several adjuncts for storage, 
appraising, etc. The office of the Collector-General (at 
present F. B. McStocker) and other business offices are 
situated in the upper portion of the building on the cor¬ 
ner of Fort and Allen streets. The office of the Port 
Surveyor, G. C. Stratemeyer, is on the Oceanic Dock. 

The General Post Office is situated on the N.E. 
corner of Merchant and Bethel streets. It is open daily 
from 8 A.M. to 4 p.m. except on Sundays when the office 
is only opened from 7 to 8 A.M. to deliver island mails of 
late arrivals. The office is closed to business on all other 
Sundays and Hawaiian holidays. Every effort is made 
by the present officials to accommodate the general pub¬ 
lic and causes for complaint if presented to Postmaster 
General Oat will be carefully considered. There are 
windows of general delivery for men and for ladies; 
office for sale of revenue and postage stamps, money 
orders and postal savings deposits. Letters for countries 
within the Universal Postal Union are only liable to 
such rates, as Hawaii is a member of the Union. Full and 
complete information relative to rates on Money Orders, 
Inter-Island and South Seas postage, Parcel Post, etc., 
will be cheerfully supplied, and also pamphlets showing 
the rules, regulations and advantages of depositing sav¬ 
ings in the Postal Savings Bank. Mr. L. T. Kenake, who 
has charge of the distributing department, is generally 
the one of the officials who has the most dealings with the 
general public; he may be found, on enquiry, at the 
Delivery window. The present Postmaster is progressive 
to a great degree and improved mail facilities with the 
other islands have been a result. Extra accommodations 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 47 

for the local public are projected, and includes a change 
of front and increased number of letter boxes. 

The Police Station and headquarters of the Marshal 
of the Republic (the chief of police) is diagonally across 
from the Post Office, on Merchant street, and the offices 
occupy the first floor of the building. Down in the depths 
are the dungeons, for law-breakers, but they are far be¬ 
yond those of any other city in neatness, ventilation and 
solidity. Arthur M. Brown is the present marshal, and 
although quite young in years, he has shown excellent 
judgment and ability. R. W. Hitchcock is Deputy-Mar¬ 
shal, and Capt. Robert Parker, who is noted for holding 
the Palace during one of the rebellions, is acting chief of 
police. 

The District Court, (as the Police Court is called 
here,) is located in the upper portion of the Police Station 
building and is presided over by W. L. Wilcox, Esq., C. 
P. Peterson being a deputy judge. This is a place of 
much interest to a stranger as he can here listen to nearly 
all languages spoken in the course of almost any day’s 
proceedings. Judge Wilcox is known as an able Hawaiian 
interpreter having been such at the legislative sessions 
for over twenty years past. He obtained a pleasurable 
notoriety in 1886 during a heated debate in the legisla¬ 
ture, in compelling one of the Cabinet Ministers of the 
king to keep his seat by telling him “hold on awhile 
until I have translated.” Judge Wilcox is also noted as 
a yachtsman of nerve and ability, and the winner of many 
well-sailed races. 

Kaumakapili Church, (Congregational,) is situated 
at the west end of Beretania street, near Maunakea. It 
may be easily seen and distinguished from almost any 
part of the city or harbor by the two tall cone-shaped 
towers which surmount the main building. The original 
was an adobe building and was dedicated in 1838 with 
Rev. Lowell Smith as pastor. During Mr. Smith’s 
pastorate the congregation was numerous and, for 


(looritKY's hand book- 


48 

Hawaiians, a very staunch one. The present building', 
which is of brick, was commenced in 1882 and was finished 
in 1885, Rev. Timoteo now being - pastor. The church 
possesses the only chime of bells in the city, but they 



are only rarely played on ; It also has a magnificent organ. 
High School. Is located on Emma street opposite 
Emma Square and is one of the finest specimens of archi¬ 
tecture in the city. The building was originally erected 




—Honolulu, H. 1. ^ > 


T HIS POPULAR HOTEL has enjoyed, in the past, 
the Patronage of Tourists from all Portions of 
the World and who have made Honolulu a Stopping 
Place. It is known to its patrons and the general public as 

One of tie Most Delightfully Situated Hotels 

IN THIS WORLD. 


It is in the Middle of Grounds which Produce a Wealth Of 

^TROPICAL TREES AND VEGETATION^ 

And Is Away from the Hustle and Noise 
of the City Idfe. 

X CUESTS RECEIVE COURTEOUS ATTENTION X 

— And Treatment. - —- 

THOS. K. JAMBS, 

Telephone ho, 3. Manager, 








The Royal Hawaiian hotel is now under the direct 

management of Mr. Thomas K. James, well and favorably 
known in connection with hotel management on the Con¬ 
tinent, in Japan, and lately in the United States. Since 
the advent of Managei James, and under his direction, 
the interior arrangements have been added to and made 
more comfortable for guests. The entire establishment 
has been renovated and artists in painting and decorative 
house-furnishings have aided in perfecting the plans of 
Manager James for a most modern, “ up-to-date" Hotel, 
in the Capital City of the Mid-Pacific. 

The patrons of the Hotel have many advantages: The 
rooms and annexed charming cottages are large and well 
ventilated. The table is supplied, always, with the best 
of fare. Both Hotel and Cottages are supplied direct 
from the Hotel's own Artesian well which gives an 
ample supply of pure, sparkling and cool water. Elec¬ 
tric bells and electric lights are placed in each room. 
The Office has a telephone for the free use of guests, bv 
which messages may be sent to any part of the city. 

Band concerts in honor of arriving and departing 
steamer guests are given, with other special concerts, 
several times every month, and the beautiful Band-stand, 
picturesquely situated, presents a veritable fairy-land 
appearance when lighted, by electricity, at night. All 
the above are advantages which are possessed by patrons 
of The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. 

Under the present able management the establishment 
will continue as a Model Family Hotel a reputation it 
now enjoys and most justly merits. 

Correspondence with intending travelers solicited. 

Address. 

THOMAS K. JAMES, 

Manager Hawaiian Hotel. 

Honolulu. H. 1. 




THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


49 


as a ( residence for Princess Ruth Keelikolani, a chiefess 
who died in 1883. After but short occupancy by Princess 
Uutli the building-, by her death, became the property of 
the wife of C. R. Bishop, and eventually became the prop¬ 
erty of the Hawaiian Government by purchase. The in¬ 
signia of royalty still ornaments the vane. 

St. Andrew’s Cathedral (Episcopal) is located in a 
large and well laid-out lot of land lying between Emma 
Square and Beretania street: entrance may be had from 
either street. The land was a present from Kamehame- 
ha IV. to the Anglican Mission then represented here 
by the first Bishop of Honolulu, the Rev. T. Nettleship 
Staley, who was consecrated in Westminster Abbey 15th 
December, 1861, arriving in Honolulu October 11th, 1862. 
The corner stone of the Cathedral was laid in 1867 by 
Kamehameha V. and the church was named 44 St. An¬ 
drew’s” from the fact of Kamehameha the IV. having 
died on the festival of that saint. Of late, successful 
efforts have been made to complete the building. The 
present Bishop of Honolulu, Rev. Alfred Willis, is ab¬ 
sent in England, Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, a very 
popular pastor, is temporarily in charge. 

Emma Square is on Emma street a short distance 
from Beretania street a little above the Anglican Cathe¬ 
dral and nearly opposite the High SchooL building. The 
Hawaiian band give open air concerts here every Mon¬ 
day evenings and Saturday afternoons. 

Notre Dame de Paix, (Our Lady of Peace,) Cathe¬ 
dral, (Roman Catholic) may be seen on the way back to 
the Hotel, it is situated on Port street, near Beretania. 
The foundation stone was laid on the 8th of August, 1840, 
but it was several years after before Mass was celebrated 
therein. The Cathedral has always had large congrega¬ 
tions and the Bishop and clergy have been assiduous in 
their religious duties. Services are according to the 
practice of the Roman church but sermons are given in 
English, Hawaiian and Portuguese. Visitors are always 


GODFREY S HAND HOOK. 


50 

welcome at the Mission and will be well received by the 
Bishop or his coadjutors, Fathers Leonor, Clement, 
Valentin or Matthias. On certain holidays the services 
and music are grand and imposing. 



The site as well as house pictured on page 40 were pre¬ 
sented by the Chief Boki to Father Batchelot in 1887. 
The building no longer exists but a neat monument com¬ 
memorative of the fact has been erected over the altar 








THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


51 


space and may now be seen in the Cathedral yard. In 
'the picture, the person on the left in the foreground is 
’the present Bishop of Panopolis, Rt. Rev. Father Gul- 
; stan. On the northeast'side of the -entrance, from For't 
•■street, is a notable tree (which has been -carefully en- 
•closed by Father Valentin) and which bears an inscrip¬ 
tion “First algeroba tree of the Hawaiian Islands, im¬ 
ported and planted "by Father Batchelot in 1837.' r ’ 

All places of note within easy distance of the Hotel 
have now been described and to get to those other points 
of which -a description follows, the use of hack, tramcar 
•or bicycle is advisable. 

Punchbowl, Hill, which is situated directly back of 
the Hotel, is an extinct volcano which has long been 
•quiescent. The physical -characteristics closely resemble 
■those of Diamond Head. From the top of Punchbowl a 
fine panoramic view of Honolulu may be obtained. Hun¬ 
dreds of taro patches meet the eye. The town heavily 
•embowered with trees shows but little of its public build¬ 
ings, churches, private dwellings or narrow streets. The 
harbor, however, with the naval and merchant vessels, 
•and the distant Quarantine grounds, are all in full view, 
•as is also the Pacific, from Diamond Head to Barber’s 
Point. A well-kept carriage road leads from the base to 
the summit of the Hill; the total length of the road is 
•31 miles. The highest point is nearly 490 feet. 

Lunalilo Home, of which an excellent view may be 
had from the eastern side of Punchbowl Hill, is situated 
-on Lunalilo street. It is a beneficent institution support¬ 
ed by funds from the estate of Ring Lunalilo. The object 
of the institution is to provide a home for aged indigent 
Hawaiians. From the observatory an excellent view may 
be had of Punchbowl. 

The Maternity Home is located on Makiki street, 
and is an Hawaiian institution for the benefit particular¬ 
ly of Hawaiian females. It is a well-conducted establish¬ 
ment and has been productive already of much good. 


GFODFKEYS HAND BOOK. 


5-2 

The Home i's ; the result of the interest taken by Queera 
Dowager Kapiolani and other Hawaiian ladies. 

Manoa Valley" now claims attention as it is one of 
the points ©f interest which should be visited. It is. 
reached by a good carriage road leading back of the- 



Oahu College grounds. The visitor will be both surpris¬ 
ed and pleased with the manner in which the beauties of 
the valley burst upon his view. Manoa valley is replete 
with historic interest and the groves T rocks and streams 
abound with traditions. Here dwelt a famous princess, 
Kahalaopuna; in the tangled bushes near Puupueo may 




THE* HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


53 

<be seen the fallen walls of an heiau (tempile) which was 
;said to have been the work of pigmy Menehunes. Yon¬ 
der is the remains of the old fort of Krakaoo and there 
ilie the ruins of the residence where the noted Kaahuma- 
nu. Queen of Kamehameha I.., died. During the last up¬ 
risings in 1895, the Hawaiians were reported to have 
■made a stand at the head of the Valley and that hund- 
reds were killed. That story was disproved and the 
•quietude of the valley is now only disturbed by the roar 
of the beautiful waterfall at its head. Makiki and Palolo 
valleys are close to and are well worthy a visit. 

The Waikiki Road, as the south-easterly extension 
•of King street is called, is the grand drive-way of Hono¬ 
lulu being the only means (at present) by which one can 
get to or from the scenes of interest along the Beach, and 
which include Long Branch Baths, Makee island (where 
•Sunday concerts are given) Kapiolani Park and Diamond 
Head. Here, every afternoon, and especially Sunday 
•afternoons, may be seen stylish equipages in which are 
seated many of the elite end notables of Honolulu. Bicy¬ 
cle parties, on single, tandem -and triple safetys, speed 
along, while the more leisurely enjoy the ease and com¬ 
fort of the tramcars. 

Waikiki Beach, four .miles from the city, is the Mec¬ 
ca of all visitors to Hawaii. It is the famed bathing- 
place which has been written about in prose and verse 
by Mark Twain, Charles Warren Stoddard, Rollin Dag¬ 
gett and others. Here one may enjoy on any day in the 
year, on the edge of the broad Pacific, a quiet hour with¬ 
out the chilly blasts of the East or North, or the stifling 
heat of the torrid South, to disturb his comfort. At 
44 Long Branch Baths” the bather may find deep water 
and at a temperature which will surprise him, permit¬ 
ting a two or more, hours enjoyment in plunging and lav- 
ing in the pure waters. Here sun and sand baths may 
be indulged in and mine host, Col. J. S. Sherwood, who 
has proved for over a dozen years past that he knows 


GODFREY S HAND' BQOK.. 







PHINCESft KAIULAN 1. 



AVENUE TO HOME OF KAITTLANI 











THE. HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


how to run a hotel,” will be prepared to make the stay 
most plea-sant. Although not as pretentious in surround¬ 
ings as its namesake on the Atlantic Coast it possesses 
qualities of air and sea and sky, unknown to that famed 
watering place. Everybody stops at "“Long Branch,” 
and ladies and children especially will find the stay most 
pleasant. On Sundays and other days many of the beach- 
dwellers indulge in surf-riding and, as the breakers chase 
the frail canoe in their swift shoreward flight, the sight 
is exhilirating even to the onlookers. The tramcars pass 
along the line of the Beach every £alf hour. 

From Long Branch en route to Kapiolani Park one 
passes several -oozy hostelries which afford food and 
raiment to bathing visitors. The truly “embowered” 
home of Princess Kaiulani is pointed out to the traveler, 
as also the grounds surrounding the seaside residence of 
the late Queen Liliuokalani. The Waikiki bridge is 
crossed and a peep is had of the pleasant “ Makee Island” 
where Sunday sacred concerts are given by the Hawaiian 
Band. Then entrance may be made within the confines of 

Kapiolani Park. Skirting the borders of Kapiolani 
Park and within the boundaries are the residences,— 
happy homes—of many of Honolulu’s honored and re¬ 
spected citizens. Only a few years ago, as it seems, the 
place was a desolate waste; to-day it teems with verdure 
and vegetation. The Park contains an excellent race 
track, circular in shape, and one mile in length. Here 
on each recurring June 11th (Kamehameha I. birthday), 
are held horse races which last the entire day through. 
The roads in and about the Park are excellent for either 
riding or driving on and are much patronized on moon¬ 
light evenings. The Park contains about 200 acres. 

Leahi or Diamond Head is a prominent feature of 
the coast line along the southern edge of the island of 
Oahu. It is beyond Kapiolani Park, about five miles 
distant from the city. The highest point is about 800 
leet above the sea level. The summit may be reached 


56 


Godfrey's hand hook. 


without much difficulty and the ascent is most easily ac¬ 
complished on the northeast side. On reaching the top 
one sees a cavity about two hundred feet deep and about 
two-thirds of a mile in diameter. The outside of the 
Head is deeply marked by the course of ancient lava 
streams. There is a signal station placed on the south¬ 
west side and from which notice is given to Honolulu of 
all vessels arriving off the coast. Although this, quies¬ 
cent crater is not very lofty, the view from its summit is 
grand and well repays the curiosity of the adventurer. 
Whoever has seen this old landmark will remember it. 
Many a storm has swept over it, but there it still stands 1 
a guide to the mariner and a monument of Nature’s 
power. 

From here we return town wards again and in coming 
along King street pass the historic Thomas’ Square 
(named after Rear-Admiral Thomas, of the British flag 
ship “ Dublin ” who, in July, 1843, restored the Hawaiian 
flag which had been displaced by the British colors by 
order of Lord Paulet), and also the famous “ Old Planta¬ 
tion” with its grove of many thousands of cocoanut trees 
and sparkling artesian well. To seaward one catches 
just a glimpse of the latest additon to Honolulu’s attrac¬ 
tions, viz.: 

Cyclomere Park. This, is an innovation in the mid- 
Pacific, both as regards name and purpose, and is the 
result of the business energy of Mr. C. S. Desky. It is 
nothing less than a bicycle track surpassing, in climatic 
surroundings at least, the famed Manhattan, (N. Y.), 
Beach track where Eastern swell society is found during 
the summer months, and where many of the bicycle 
“ world records” have been made. The name is a happy 
thought of Mr. Jas. G. Spencer who, in a competitive 
trial of choice (of name), succeeded in becoming sponsor; 
it means “Circle by the sea,” and the patrons of races 
see many interesting circles around the lake which 
occupies the center of this grand bicycle track. The 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


57 

energetic manager, Mr. C.' L. Clement, a well-known 
newspaper man of this city, had charge at the opening 
of the track, October 23rd, 1897, (lasting three weeks), 
and the audiences have been large and fashionable. A 
relay of San Francisco riders have appeared and made 
records. The Track proper is i of a mile in circumference: 
twenty-five feet wide at the turns and backstretch and 
forty feet wide in the home stretch, with banks six feet 
and seven feet in rise. A large roomy pavilion for spec¬ 
tators, judges stand, dressing rooms, etc., etc , are all 
“ up-to-date.” 

Oahu Prison is at Iwilei (a road leading from the 
Oahu R. R Station, on King street), and is open to visi¬ 
tors at stated times. The prison was built in 1857 and 
took the place of the “ Old Fort,” of Hawaiian penal 
memory, the prisoners therein being transferred to the 
present institution on August 22, 1857. The following 
Monday (Aug. 29), the prison was opened to public in¬ 
spection. The location of the building is most healthy 
as it is on an eminence in a direct line with Nuuanu val¬ 
ley and receives the refreshing trade winds at all times. 
The present warden, Mr. J. A. Low, is well qualified 
for the position and is an intelligent and just officer. 
Visitors cannot but be interested in the surroundings 
and approve the order and cleanliness which is apparent. 
A tall flag-staff with the figure of a bloodhound in act 
of trailing is an indication of the location of this some¬ 
what prominently placed prison. 

The Insane Asylum is located at Palama off a zigzag 
road leading from King street near the Reform school. 
There are several large, roomy, well-ventilated build¬ 
ings, yclept “wards,” for the housing of the patients 
and the grounds are well laid out and well kept. The 
method of treatment is very worthy the attention of the 
interested visitor as it is most humane in character and 
has proven to a degree, successful. The physician in 
charge has much improved the accommodations for and 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


58 

conditions of, the patients/since his advent, and is ably 
assisted by the under-superintendent, Mr. Fred I. Cutter. 
The Reform School is on the opposite side of King 1 



street, from the road leading to the Insane Asylum. It 
is a well-regulated institution where young offenders 
against law and order are disciplined. 


OAHU PRISON 











THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


59 


The Kamehameha School, situated at Kalihi, con¬ 
sist of a Boys’ school, Girls’ school, Principal’s house, 
Domitories, Workshop, Gymnasium, Assembly hall and 
a Preparatory school. The lands and money to create 
the noble enterprise were donated by will of Mrs. Bern¬ 
ice P. Bishop for the purpose of helping - Hawaiian boys 
and girls to make them good and industrious men and 
women. The property descended to Mrs. Bishop as the 
inheritor of the Kamehameha estates and was estimated 
at a total valuation of $474,000. The Schools were estab¬ 
lished in 1887 and the Trustees have continually increas¬ 
ed the opportunities and with the aole assistance of Mr. 
and Mrs. Theo. Richards, the principals, have advanced 
the standard of education since that time. 

The Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum is situated at 
the Kamehameha school grounds, Kalihi. The Museum 
was founded by Hon. C. R. Bishop in 1889. It contains 
many valuable ancient and historical curiosities amongst 
others being the celebrated feather cloak reputed to 
have been the property of Kamehameha I. Besides the 
Hawaiian curiosities there are many others gleaned from 
the fields of research in South Sea islands, New Zealand 
and Australia. Transit may be had by tramcar or hack. 
Catalogues are on sale and the days of admission, free, 
are Friday and Saturday of each week. 

The Salt Lake. Four miles west of Honolulu is the 
celebrated Salt Lake. It is about two-thirds of a mile in 
diameter and inclined to oval, in shape. Marvelous 
things have been related of the lake. Jarves relates 
that “near the center a hole exists five to six fathoms in 
circumference which, as no bottom has been found to it, 
is supposed to connect with the ocean.” The hills that 
surround the lake about a hundred feet high and their 
sides appear to be more or less impregnated with saline 
substances. The whole region of the lake is strictly vol¬ 
canic but is entirely different from the formative char¬ 
acter of all the coast craters on Oahu. Formerly salt 


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formed spontaneously and in great abundance, and be¬ 
longing to the king afforded him a revenue. To-day, 
Mr. James I. Dowsett’s salt-works at Puuloa, Pearl Har¬ 



bor, supply excellent Hawaiian salt and the now small 
supply at the Salt Lake is not gathered. 




VIEW ON NUUAN U AVENUE. 





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Nuuanu Pali. Every new arrival in Honolulu goes 
to the Pali, at the top of Nuuanu valley, as soon as the 
excursion can be arranged ; even the through passengers 
by the Pacific Mail, Occidental & Oriental, Oceanic and 
Australian lines, who have but a short time in- port, 
secure carriages, horses, or bicycles, and at once set forth. 



EN ROUTE TO NUUANU PALI. 

The prospect from the Pali is superb and the trip may be 
made with leisure in three or four hours. The way lies 
through shady avenues between residences that stand in 
the midst of broad lawns and among foliage of the most 
brilliant.description. One passes the long line of villas 




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on Nuuanu avenue, across the Pauoa bridge, where, 
sometimes, freshets sweep like tidal waves from the 
mountains to the sea; past trim wardens that represent 
Japanese landscapes, and neglected gardens that are 



TOP OF NUUANU PALI. 

jungles of cacti and bamboo; past the grey-walled 
cemeteries and the Royal mausoleum; past the once 
summer palace of the dead Queen Emma and a little 
further on the grimy mouldering walls of a forgotten 












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palace of an almost forgotten king. Soon the brow of the 
famed precipice is reached and for a time contemplation 
holds one spell-bound. On the one hand is the metropo¬ 
lis, on the other semi-solitude and peace. What a 
pilgrimage it is, and who that has made it will ever 
forget it? 

Oahu College, as the leading academy (as well as 
the oldest), is called, is situated at the entrance almost to 
Manoa Valley. Its situation is as quiet as though it 
were a thousand miles from town. The youth of both 
sexes can obtain as good an education there as in any 
similar institution in the world. Every effort is made 
to make the visitor pleased and interested during a visit. 
Prof. F. A. Hosmer is the present principal assisted by 
a corps of trained teachers. 

St. Louis College, under the direction of the Christ¬ 
ian Brothers (an organization of educated men and thor¬ 
oughly trained teachers), is situated at the junction of 
Beretania and River streets in the north-westerly por¬ 
tion of the city. Brother Bertram is the principal. It 
is a most interesting sight to witness the care and atten¬ 
tion which the pupils receive and the perfect control 
which the teachers have over their boy subjects. The 
school-rooms display many evidences of the skill of the 
pupils in drawing and penmanship, and the evening band 
concerts by the St. Louis College hand is a musical treat. 
Brother Bertram is an enthusiastic photographer, and 
has many rare views at hand to show the stranger visitor. 

Academies of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart and that 
of St. Andrew’s are both carefully and well conducted 
institutions for females, as is also the Kawaiahao Sem¬ 
inary. Here instructions are given in the lower as well 
as higher branches of study and include music and paint¬ 
ing. The annual exhibitions are largely attended and 
the ability of the scholars in their various presentations 
show the care and attention of capable teachers. 


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The Masonic Temple is located on the southeast 
corner of Hotel and Alakea streets. It is two-stories in 
height built of stone and the halls of the upper story 
used for masonic meetings are elegantly fitted up. Visit¬ 
ing brethren of the mystic tie always receive a most 
cordial welcome. 

The Pacific Club is situated on Alakea near Bere- 
tania street opposite a side entrance to the grounds of 
the Hotel. Here many members of the army and navy 
of the United States and visiting notables receive pleas¬ 
urable attention. The officers of the Club are: A. S. 
Oleghorn, President; James G. Spencer, Treasurer; and 
.T. M. Monsarrat, Secretary. 

The Myrtle, Healani and Leilani Boat Clubs 
are well-housed in comfortable buildings situated on the 
water front at the foot of Punchbowl street. The 
Myrtle is the oldest of the organizations and the visitor 
to their house will be regaled with the stories of a long 
string of well won victories against all-comers. The 
President’s yacht, the “ Bonnie Dundee ,” as well as other 
sailing craft of yachting rig generally make call at the 
Healani club float and from thence many yachting parties 
start for Pearl Harbor and other points. 










The Oahu Railway & Land Co. 


General Office and Station Cor. King and Iwilei Road. 
TELEPHONE 247. 

B. P. Dillingham, G. P. Denison, 

General Manager. Superintendent. 


TRAINS RUN DAILY BETWEEN 

Honolulu, Pearl City, Ewa Plautatiou and Waiauae 


And in this Koute Tourists have full, uninterrupted view of the 

FAMOUS PEARL HARBOR, with its many interesting 
views. En route the Traveler passes through a region 
devoted to the cultivation of Taro, Rice and Banana, 
everything tropical. 

AT EWA PLANTATION the Tourist can inspect the 
property of one of the most modernly equipped and 
largest Sugar Plantations on the Islands, and have a 
view of the manufacture of Sugar. 

ON, ON TO WAT ANAL. Here in this interesting region 
tile Tourist may view another large sugar estate, and 
in the shadow of lofty. Mt. Kaala, of the Waianae 
Range, can visit flourishing Coffee Plantations. Here 
on the very edge of the Broad Pacific is a flourishing 
village with all of the surrounding of ihe Tropics. 

ON THE RETURN ROUTE the traveller may again view 
the proposed Naval Coaling Station of the United 
States, and the cosy suburban Pearl City Peninsula. 

ROUND TRIP TICKETS at Excursion Rates on sale 

Saturdays and Sundays. 

Any information desired will be cheerfully given, 

E. C. SMITH, Gen’l Pass. Agent. 
















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Around the Island of Oahu. 


What May be Seen En Route. 

No visitor to the capital city of the “ Paradise of the 
Pacific” should leave without adding to his experience 
the fact of a trip around the island of Oahu and which 
trip to-day by means of improved roads in the country 
districts, added accommodations in the localities nearer 
to the city proper, and the enhanced facilities for travel 
offered by the Oahu R. R. Co., may be quickly and com¬ 
fortably made. The trip may be performed on horse¬ 
back by carriage or bicycle. The so-called “ trip around” 
the island, omitting the Coco Head route, is only eighty 
miles. The road to be taken is that along Nuuanu 
avenue to the Pali. After descending the “pass” a gal¬ 
lop of three miles brings the visitor to the village of Ka¬ 
neohe where are located several sugar plantations. From 
thence a delightful ride of about ten miles past cane- 
fields, rice and taro plantations, past banana groves, 
stock ranches, etc., brings the tourist to Kualoa. The 
scenery is of the most delightful character bounded in¬ 
land by magnificent palisades, whose tops are cloud- 
tipped; outward the coral-fringed beach acts as a barrier 
to the gleaming breakers that burst in spray upon the 
shore. New views open to the eye at everv turn; esconsed 
in the hills is hamlet after hamlet, and the church spires 
are many in number. At Waikane, just before arrival 
at Kualoa, the mountain summits take fantastic shapes 
and have many legends attached. The view from Kualoa 
towards the Pali is grand and should attract the 
attention of the traveler. Rounding the point we 
reach the valley of Kaawa, a most picturesque spot. 
Here one may by looking along the cliffs easily discover 



Off GODFREY^ HAND BOOK. 

the “crouching lion*’ which is plainly recognizable by 
the mane, tufted tail and outstretched paws. Kahana. 
valley is now entered into and as one rides along: the 
hard, solid, golden beach, views the beautiful bay to sea¬ 


ward and then to landward sees the extended back¬ 
ground, he cannot but feel satisfied that the trip is one 
well worth taking, even if here were to end all of inter¬ 
est. But, no! on we go to Punaluu where there is a large 






THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


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rice plantation and which is somewhat of a port for the 
surrounding country. At Hauula we are twenty-nine 
miles from Honolulu and in the region of legendary Ka- 
liuwaa valley. In the cliff may be seen two semi-circular 
cuts called by the Hawaiians “ canoes” and from which 
the valley receives its name. Kaniapuaa, a demigod of 
ancient Hawaii, is credited with making these cuts in 
the cliff to escape from the wrathful Pele, goddess of 
lire. In the trouble which ensued the demi-god is relat¬ 
ed to have ejected water into Diamond Head and 
squelched its fire and Pele left in disgust for Hawaii. 
We now come to Laie at which is a well-organized and 
industrious lot of people who are of the Mormon religion. 
A temple is erected there and the community possess a 
small sugar plantation. Now we ride on to Kahuku 
formerly a simple cattle ranch but now a prosperous 
sugar plantation. Here we are thirty-eight miles from 
Honolulu and the ride has been most pleasant. From 
here the traveler goes to Waimea the ride being over 
ground level and unbroken. At the river side one recalls 
the history of the death of Lieutenant Hergest and Nat¬ 
uralist Gooch of H. B. M. S. Daedalus, who were killed 
here by natives in 1792. Crossing the bridge we leave 
Waimea behind and after a four-mile ride arrive in the 
pretty, quiet village of Waialua. From here a gradual 
ascent is made and after an eight-mile ride, past the 
stock ranches, which are here quite numerous, there 
opens out to view the famed Pearl Harbor with its many 
lochs and interesting scenery. To see these lakes prop¬ 
erly and thorough one should take a trip over the line 
of the Oahu R. R. Co., which may be quickly and cheap¬ 
ly accomplished. And now we pass the ranch of Leilehua, 
famous for the old-time hospitality dispensed there, and 
now the property of Hon. James I. Dowsett. Diamond 
Head looms up to view and after we cross Kipapa gulch, 
with its turbulent waters, we enter the village of Ewa. 



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Here we pass by, in the distance, the noted Ewa Sugar 
Plantation and which .t would be well for the tourist to 
visit and witness the practical workings of a great sugar- 
mill.* The visit may be made by a ride over the Oahu 
R. R. Co.’s line which comes and goes thither some 
three or four times per day. On the homeward road we- 
visit the Salt Lake and view the extinct crater near to 
it. Honolulu is. now coming closer and closer and in a 
few minutes we pass the grounds which enclose the- 
Bishop Museum and Kamehameha schools. Anon the- 
low buildings of the Insane Asylum embowered, as they 
are in greenery, are passed, then the Reformatory 
school and lastly the Prison. The horses heads are now 
turned towards the Hawaiian Hotel where we end our 
journey, after having used our pleasure and convenience 
in the time taken, and well pleased with the Trip Around 
the Island of Oahu. 

* As soon as the sugar-cane attains a certain degree of maturity, 
it must be cut at once and transported to the mill. The necessity to. 
have at their disposal at certain times a. large amount of labor makes 
the plantation-owners anxious to engage such laborers who are will¬ 
ing to bind themselves by contract for a certain number of years. In 
case the plantation-owners should, at the time of harvest be short of 
laborers, or should it be in the option of the latter to simply refuse to- 
work, the owners would be subject to serious losses. There Is no slav¬ 
ery in this connection. 








THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 

OVER THE OAHU R. R. TO WAIANAE. 


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“ No sound is on the shone 

Save reef-bound breakers roar, 

Or distant boatman’s song, or seabird’s cry ; 

And hushed the inland bay; 

In stillness far away. 

Like phantoms rise the hills of Waianae.” 

The visitor to the Paradise of the Pacific” if time 
callows and opportunity presents and there will be no 
drain on either, should, without fail, if only a denizen 
for a half-a-day, take an outing over the well-equipped 
and scenic line of the Oahu Railroad <fc Land Co. The 
points of interest are many, and continually present 
themselves from start to finish, the trains run at season¬ 
able hours and the expense of fare is very small. 

Rolling away from the station it is not many minutes 
before the stranger is within the surrounding of a trop¬ 
ical country; on either side he views numerous rice 
plantations, flourishing, thick-growing, banana groves, 
while, sentinel-like, the lofty cocoanut trees fringe the 
limit of the low lands inshore. Here and there the 
broad-leaved taro presents its presence in seas of green, 
while, as a contrast, on the other hand the visitor may 
see the broadening surface of the famed region of the 
blue and placid lakes of the Pearl River region. All the 
attributes of ancient to the most advanced, civilization, 
is in constant but changing view,* here the grass-covered 
hut of the aboriginal Hawaiian, there the well-built at¬ 
tractive cottage of the later residents; here the canoe 
of the native fishermen, there the modern yacht, or 
steam launch, plowing their way through the waters of 
the Pearl Lochs. And now at Ewa the visitor may 
view the growth and manufacture of sugar within the 
confines of the largest plantation and mill on the island. 
The journey may continue on to Waianae, a thrifty trop¬ 
ical village which rests at the foot of a lofty range of 
mountains and which may be easily seen to the westward 
from the city of Honolulu. Here coffee plantations may 
be inspected and a view had of the historical Barber’s 
Point. The many other points of view and interest 
which present themselves will cause a second trip and it 
is advisable to take it if time and opportunity allows. 




TO THE VOLCANO 


Crowds of people go up from Honolulu to view Ha¬ 
waii’s wonder, the Volcano of Kilauea, situated on the 



island of Hawaii, and, on their return to Honolulu again, 
they enthuse, orally or in print, about the wonders and 








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pleasures of the trip. But how few would believe the 
trip could be so pleasantly, easily and cheaply, made* 
If you wish to go to the Volcano comfortably and sans 
$ouci, go at once to the Steamship office and purchase 
your ticket, you are then free from care and ready to 
enjoy ‘ yourself. The first surprise will very probably 
be at the commodious arrangements which you find 
on the steamer; electric bells, electric lights, polite ser¬ 
vice, comfortable cabins. Passing’ Molokai the lights of 
Lahaina, Maui, soon show and a short stop is made. At 
about noon the next day the shore of Hawaii is reached 
and then stranger-like you look by day for the smoke, 
and at night for the lire, of the distant Kilauea. But 
the scenery along the coast bewitches you for the time, 
and patience is easily practiced. After landing and 
mounting for the ride to the Volcano House the variety 
of scenes, changing kaleidescoptically, shortens the time 
of the ride and loI in the midst of flowers, fruits and 
vegetables you look at the Volcano House, almost on the 
lip of the awesome chasm! Later on a look is mken at 
the wonder of Hawaii. But what words can describe the 
view. There it is, in all its awful grandeur. And there 
the bubbling burning lake of fire! 

Special information relative to necessary baggage so 
that your trip may be made most comfortably will be 
willingly supplied at the offices of the Inter-Island 
Steamship Co,, Queen street, Wilder S.‘ S. Co., corner 
Fort and Queen streets or at the Volcano House Co.’s 
office, Kaahumanu street. * 









UNOCCUPIED LANDS 


DIGEST OF THE LAND ACT, 1895. 

The Land Act of the Republic of Hawaii, of 1895, hav¬ 
ing its special object the settlement and cultivation of 
the Government agricultural and pastoral land, vested 
the control and management of Public Lands in a Board 
of Three Commissioners, composed of the Minister of 
the Interior and two persons appointed and removable 
by the President, one of whom is designated the Agent 
of Public Lands; but excepting from the control of the 
Commissioners, town lots, landings, tracts reserved for 
Public purposes, et., which remain under the control of 
the Minister of the Interior. For the purposes of the 
Act, the Republic of Hawaii is divided into Six Land 
Districts, as follows: 

1st, Hilo and Puna on the island of Hawaii; 2d, Hama- 
kua and Kohala on the island of Hawaii; 3d, Kona and 
Kau on the island of Hawaii; 4th, The islands of Maui, 
Molokai, Lanai and Kahoolawe; 5th, The Island of Oahu; 
6th, The island of Kauai. 

The Commissioners are represented by a Sub-Agent in 
each District. Public Lands for the purposes of this Act 
are classified as follows: 

I. Agricultural Lands. First class: Land suitable for 
the cultivation of Fruit, Coffee, Sugar or other perennial 
crops with or without irrigation. Second class: Land 
suitable for the cultivation of annual crops only. Third 
Class: Wet lands such as kalo and rice lands. 

II. Pastoral Land. First class: Land not in the de¬ 
scription of Agricultural land but capable of carrying 
livestock the year through. Second Class: Land cap¬ 
able of carrying livestock only part of the year, or other¬ 
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III. Pastoral Agricultural Land. Land adapted in 
part for pasturage and in part for cultivation. 

IV. Forest Land. Land producing forest trees but 
unsuitable for cultivation. 

V Waste Land. Land not included in the other 
classes. 

The Act provides three principal methods for the ac¬ 
quirement of Public Lands, under system known as: 1, 
Homestead Lease; 2, Right of Purchase Lease; 3, Cash 
Freehold. 

The general qualification of applicants for land under 
systems named above are that: they must be over eight¬ 
een years of age; must be citizens by birth or naturaliza¬ 
tion or have received letters of denization or special 
rights of citizenship; be under no civil disability for any 
offense; nor delinquent in the payment of taxes. Special 
qualifications are named under the respective systems. 

The Homestead Lease system permits the acquirement 
of Public Land by qualified persons without other pay. 
ments than a fee of two dollars upon application and a 
fee of five dollars upon issuance of Homestead Lease. 
The limit of area in the different classes of land which 
may be acquired under Homestead Lease is, 

8 acres first-class agricultural land; 1G acres second- 
class agricultural land; 1 acre wet (rice or taro) land; 
30 acres first-class pastoral land; 60 acres second-class 
pastoral land; 45 acres pastoral-agricultural land. 

General lease of public lands may be made for a term 
not exceeding twenty-one years. Such leases are sold at 
public auction, and require rent in advance quarterly, 
semi-annually or annually. The conditions of general 
leases are made at discretion of the Commissioners, and 
may be made for any class of public lands. 

Full information relative to special qualifications may 
be obtained by addressing “Commissioners Public 
Lands’’ and full details of coffee lands, their location and 
prices, obtained by request to Capt. C. L. Wight, Super¬ 
intendent Wilder S. S. Co., Capt. W. B. Godfrey or Jno. 
Ena, Esq., of the Inter-Island S. S. Co., Honolulu, H. I., 
and mentioning this ** HAND-BOOK.” 


GENERAL DIRECTORY. 


HONOLULU 


Is the capital of Hawaii. 

Contains the capitol building. 

Had 14,370 population in 1860. 

Had 30,000 population in 1807. 

Has schools, libraries, museums. 

Has over 6,000 buildings in the city. 

Contains all the principal public buildings. 

People are hospitable to strangers. 

Has regular steamer service with British Columbia. 

Has regular steamer service >vith San Francisco. 

Has regular steamer service with Japan and China. 

Has the most complete telephone system in the world. 

Streets, public buildings, stores and private dwellings are lighted by 
electricity. 

Will soon be a world’s cable centre. 

Has a perfectly appointed theatre, holding 1,000 persons. 

Has finer drive-ways than San Francisco. 

Has weekly and Sunday public band concerts. 

Has an “up-to-date, 15 seconds roll-out,” fire department. 

Has morning and evening daily and weekly newspapers. 

Has a bicycle track unsurpassed in the United States. 

Has thousands of acres of land undeveloped in the suburbs. 

Has great opportunities for enterprising capital. 

Has the most equable climate in the world. 

Has an excellent, reliable and speedy postal service. 

Has money-order connections all over the world. 

Has churches of all creeds, with full religious freedom. 

Has cricket, baseball, football, bicycle and tennis clubs. 

Has three boat clubs and one yacht club. 

Has sharpshooters and rifle-men that beat the world. 

Quarries its own building stone; manufactures its own lime. 

Has surf-bathing and canoe-riding every week in the year. 

Is close to plantations of sugar, coffee, rice bananas and pineapples. 
Has regular communication with a live volcano surpassing Vesuvius. 
Has many benevolent societies but no almshouses. 

Has banks and merchants which never go bankrupt. 

Has steam and horse railways—reaching for electric. 

Is only a week from any Pacific coast port. 

Has the most beautiful villa residences in the world. 

Has a jockey club and a well kept race track. 





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Hus a $175,01)0 museum for the entertainment of strangers. 

Had over $5,000,000 of imports during 1896. 

Had exports amounting to $0,272,866 in 1895. 

Has a harbor available to the commerce of the world. 

Has a marine railway of nearly 2,000 tons capacity. 

Had an 124 years old resident living in 1897. 

Has extensive weil-st.ocked stock ranches near the city. 

Has a grand future without a Klondyke climate. 

Has every inducement for the investment of capital, with quick and 
profitable returns. 


WHARVES. 

Allen street, foot of Allen, next Oceanic. 

Allen & Robinson’s, Queen, foot Kaahumanu. 

Brewer & Co.’s, foot Nuuanu. 

Boat Landing, east side Brewer’s wharf. 

Cattle, harbor opposite Sorenson's whari. 

Immigration, foot Punchbowl street, Kakaako. 

Inter-Island S. S. Co., Esplanade, foot Fort street. 

Irmgard, same as Old Custom House. 

Lewers & Cooke, Esplanade, between Likelike and Inter-Island. 

Old Custom House, west Brewer’s wharf. 

Oahu Railroad Co., off Iwilei road. 

Oceanic Steamship Co., corner Fort and Allen streets. 

Pacific Mail Steamship Co., Esplanade, foot Alakea. 

Quarantine, harbor, opposite Pacific Mail Steamship wharf. 

Wilder Steamship Co., “ Kinau,” west Pacific Mail Steamship wharf. 
Wilder Steamship Co., “ Likelike,” west “ Kinau ” wharf. 


CHURCHES. 


CREED. 


CHURCH. LOCATION. 


Baptist 

Catholic, Roman 

Catholic, Episcopal 

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Congregational 

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Methodist, Episcopal 


Christian 

Notre Dame de Paix 
St. Andrew’s 
St. Paul’s 
Central Union 

Kawaiahao 

Kaumakapili 

Chinese 

Japanese 

Portuguese 

Palama Chapel 

Moiliili 


Mormon 

Re-organized church, L.D.S. 
Seventh-Day-Adventists 
Salvation Army 


Alakea, near King 
Fort, near Beretania 
Beretania, near Emma 
Emma, near Beretania 
Southeast cor. Beretania 
and Richards 
Cor King and Punchbowl 
Beretania, opp. Smith 
Fort, above Beretania 
Lyceum Hall, Nuuanu 
Lusitania Hall 
King, opposite Liliha 
Kapaakea, off King 
Northeast cor. Beretania 
and Miller 

Punchbowl, near School 
Arion Hall, Mililani 
Miller, near Punchbowl 
Salvation Army Hall 




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Godfrey’s hand book. 

VALLEYS NEAR HONOLULU. 


MANOA, from Punahou street, north.MAKIKI, from Makikl 

street, north.PAUOA, from Pauoa road, north.PALOLO, 

from Beretania road, northeast.NUUANU, from Nuuanu avenue, 

north. KAPALAMA, from Kamehameha road, north.KALIHI, 

from Bernice Bishop road, north. 


HALLS. 

AMERICAN LEAGUE, southwest corner of King and Nuuanu streets. 

.ARION, Mililani street, rear of Opera House.DRILL SHED, 

corner of Miller and Hotel streets. FOSTER, corner of Nuuanu 

and Marine streets.INDEPENDENCE, King street, near Sheridan. 

.HARMONY, Way’s block, King street, between Fort and Alakea. 

.KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS, Campbell’s block, Fort street, between 

Hotel and King.LUSITANIA, Punchbowl street.LYCEUM, 

south corner of Kukui and Nuuanu streets.“LE PROGRES,” 

near Hotel and Fort streets. MASONIC, corner of Hotel and 

Alakea streets.ODD FELLOWS, Fort street, above King. 

SALVATION ARMY, American League Hall.ST LOUIS, College 

grounds, Beretania street.THISTLE CLUB, Love block, Fort 

street, between Chaplain lane and Hotel.YOUNG MEN’S CHRIS¬ 

TIAN ASSOCIATION, southwest corner of Alakea and Hotel streets. 


THEATRES. 

THE HAWAIIAN OPERA HOUSE, on Union Square, opposite the 
Executive Building, is the only one Honolulu has at present, but the 
people are proud of that one. It has all the modern requirements in 
stage accessories, elegant scenery, electric effects, etc. The seating 
capacity is about 1000. Messrs. W. G. Irwin & Co. are proprietors. 
There are two Chinese theatres on Aala street. 


BLOCKS AND BUILDINGS. 

ALLEN & ROBINSON, Queen, foot of Kaahumanu.ARLINGTON, 

Hotel, near Fort.BISHOP’S, opposite post-office. BEaVER, 

northwest corner Queen and Fort.BREWER’S, southeast corner 

Fort and Hotel.CAMPBELL, southwest corner Fort and Merchant 

and Fort, between King and Hotel.CUMMINS’, northeast corner 

Merchant and Fort.FOSTER, Nuuanu, corner Marine, opposite 

Merchant.GRIEVE, (Hawaiian Gazette) Merchant, opposite 

Bishop’s Bank,.HACKFELD, south corner Fort and Queen. 

IRWIN, Nuuanu, next Foster block.JUDD, east corner Merchant 

and Fort.LINCOLN, King, next Arlington Hotel.McINERNY, 





































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northwest corner Fort and Merchant.MASONIC, northeast corner 

Alakea and Hotel.ODD FELLOWS, Fort, above King. 

PERRY, northeast corner Hotel and Nuuanu.SPRECKELS, Fort, 

above Wilder’s building.THOMAS, northeast corner King and 

Nuuanu.VON HOLT, King, between Fort and Bethel. 

AV aTERHOUSe, Queen, near Nuuanu.LOVE, Fort, between Hotel 

and Chaplain lane.ROBINSON, Hotel, opposite Bethel. 

WAVERLEY, northwest corner Hotel and Bethel.WAY, King, 

opposite Lincoln block.WILDER, northeast corner Queen. 

WARING, northwest corner Fort and Beretania.REPUBLIC, King, 

next Von Holt building.MCINTYRE, northeast corner King and 

Fort.FIRE DEPARTMENT, northeast corner Beretania and Fort. 

PROGRESS, southwest corner Fort and Beretania. 


NEWSPAPERS. 

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, weekly.—P. C. ADVERTISER, daily, morning, 
office Von Holt block. King street; W. N. Armstrong, editor; R. C. 

Ballantyne, business manager.EVENING BULLETIN, office King 

street, near Fort: Daniel Logan, editor; A. V. Gear, manager. 

HAWAIIAN STAR, office Fort street, Mclnerny block; A. T. Atkinson, 

F. L. Hoogs, business manager.THE INDEPENDENT, daily, 

office King street; Edmund Norrie, editor; F. J. Testa, manager. 

Ka MAKAAINANA. Hawaiian weekly, office King street, near Konia: 

F. J. Testa, editor and manager. KUOKOA, Hawaiian weekly, 

office King street. Von Holt block; J. Poepoe, editor.ALOHA AINA, 

Hawaiian daily and weekly, office Bethel street; J. Kaulia, editor. 

KA LOEA KALAIAINA, Hawaiian daily and weekly, office King street. 

opposite Liliha; .T. Polikapa, editor.KA AHAILONO, Hawaiian 

daily and weekly, office Konia street, near King; P. Kalauokalani, 

editor.O LUSO, Portuguese weekly, office Merchant street; J. C. 

Ramos, editor.—Linotype machines are in use in the Advertiser and 
Star offices and visitors may view the working on obtaining permission. 


PARKS, SQUARES, ETC. 

BASEBALL GROUNDS, northeast corner Piikoi and Lunalilo. 

DIAMOND HEAD, end Waikiki road.EMMA SQUARE, Emma, 

above Beretania.HOTEL SQUARE, Hawaiian Hotel grounds. 

KAMEHAMEHA SCHOOL GROUNDS, off King, mile beyond Reform 

School.KAPIOLANI PARK, off Waikiki road, beyond Waikiki 

bridge. KAPIOLANI RACE COURSE, in Kapiolani Park. 

MAKEE ISLAND, east end of Waikiki bridge.MAKIKI RESERVE, 

Keeaumoku, beyond Kinau and Lunalilo.NURSERY, King, 

between Keeaumoku and Punahou. OAHU COLLEGE GROUNDS, 








































78 


GODFREY S HAND BOOK. 


between Beckwith and Punahou. PALACE (OR UNION) SQUARE, 

King, opposite Executive Building grounds.PUNCHBOWL HILL, 

beyond Punchbowl road.REMOND GROVE, Pearl City, via Oahu 

Railroad.ROUND TOP, from Makiki road.SANS SOUCI 

PARK, off Waikiki road.ST. LOUIS COLLEGE GROUNDS, Bere- 

tania and River.TANTALUS HEIGHTS, off Punchbowl road. 

THOMAS SQUARE, King, between Kapiolani and Victoria.UNION 

SQUARE, see Palace Square. 


CEMETERIES. 

KAWAIAHAO, southwest corner King and Punchbowl. MaKIKI, 

Spencer avenue.LUNALILO’S TOMB, in Kawaiahao church 

yard.CHINESE, off Pauoa road.NUUANU, Nuuanu avenue, 

above Judd.OAHU, Nuuanu avenue, above Judd. ROMAN 

CATHOLIC, King, near Kapiolani. ROYAL MAUSOLEUM, Nuuanu 

avenue, above Judd.KAPALAMA, back of Insane Asylum. 


MISCELLANEOUS PLACES OF INTEREST, ETC. 

ST. LAWRENCE WELL. King, near Punahou.MARQUES’ WELL, 

corner Beckwith and Metcalf.PALACE GROUNDS, Executive 

Building. OLD PLANTATION WELL, King, opposite Thomas 

Square.MAKIKI RESERVOIR, Makiki road.NUUANU 

RESERVOIR, Nuuanu avenue, off Pauoa road.ELECTRIC LIGHT 

WORKS, Nuuanu valley, miles beyond Judd.MARINE 

RAILWAY, foot Punchbowl street.CHINESE WASH-HOUSES, foot 

Iwilei road.MYRTLE BOAT HOUSE, below Marine Railway. 

HEALANI BOAT HOUSE, beyond Myrtle Club.LEILANI BOAT 

HOUSE, below Marine Railway.RIFLE RANGES, at Kakaako and 

off punchbowl and Iwilei roads. 


ELEVATIONS ON OAHU.-Feet. 

HONOLULU AND VICINITY 7 .—Nuuanu Pali, 1,207; Konahuanui, 
south peak of Pali, 3,106; Lanihuli, north peak of Pali, 2,780; Tantalus, 
back of Punchbowl, 2,013; Olympus, Manoa valley, 2,447; Round Top, 
1,049; Diamond Head, 702; Punchbowl, 498; Koko Head, highest point, 
1,206. 

OUTER DISTRICTS.—Mount Kaala, Waianae, 4,030; Pohakea Pass, 
Waianae. 1,870; Kolekole Pass, Waianae, 1,590; Mount Palikea, Waia¬ 
nae, 3,111; Mount Hapapa, Honouliuli, 2,872; Ohulehule, Hakipuu, 2,263. 


DEPTHS OF CHANNELS. 


Oahu... 
Molokai 


363 fathoms. 
145 


Maui. 
K auai 


1,261 fathoms. 
1,872 






































THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


79 


COMPARED CLIMATES. 

Taking the months of January and of July as the extremes of the 
year, in heat and cold, the following table of average temperatures 
and range shows some figures that prove the fact of Honolulu’s boast 
of “ most equable climate in the world.” 


Place. 

Honolulu. 

January. 

July. 

. 77 . 

Ran : 

(; 

Eastport, Maine. 

...20. 

. 60. 

40 

Portland, Maine. 




Manchester, N. H. 

...22. 

.69. 

47 

Burlington, Vermont . 

...19. 



Boston, Mass. 

...26. 

.71. 


Newport, Rhode Island 



40 

New London, Conn. 

...28. 



New York, N. Y. 




Cape May, N. J. 




Philadelphia, Pa. 



44 

Washington, D. C. 

... 33. 

.77. 


Key West, Florida. 

...70. 

.84. 

. 14 

Los Angeles, Cala. 




Sacramento, Cala. 

...46. 

.72. 

.26 

San Diego, Cala. 



.13 

San Francisco, Cala... 

...48. 

.62.. 

.14 

Denver, Colorado. 

...27. 



Genoa, Italy. 

...46. 



Naples, Italy. 

. ..46. 

.76. 

.30 


Milan, Italy.33. 

Nice, France.46. 


.74. 

.76. 


.41 

.30 


NATIONAL AND OTHER HOLIDAYS. 

, January 1st, New Year’s Day; January 17tli, Overthrow of Monarchy; 
March 17th, Kamehameha III. Birthday; June 11th, Kamehameha 
Day; July 4th, Republic of Hawaii Day; September 18th, Regatta Day; 
originated in session of 1896 by Representative A. G. M. Robertson. 
November 28th, Recognition Day; December 25th, Christmas Day. 

Various other days throughout the year are semi-officially observed 
as holidays and on which the government offices, banks and principal 
business houses are closed in the afternoons. The days are: February 
15th, Chinese New Year; February 22d, Washington’s Birthday; April 
—th, Good Friday; May 24th, Birth of Queen Victoria; May 30th, 
Memorial Day; last Thursday in November, Thanksgiving Day; 
December 19th, (Kamehameha School) Founder’s Day. 














































80 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


MONTHLY, ANNUAL AND OCCASIONAL 
PUBLICATIONS. 

Hawaiian Annual and Hand-book of Information, T. G. Thrum, 
editor. The Friend, Rev. S. E. Bishop, editor. Planters’ Monthly, H. 
M. Whitney, editor. Paradise of the Pacific, F. L. Hoogs, editor. The 
Diocesan, Bishop Willis.editor. Anglican Church Chronicle,Rev. A. Mac¬ 
kintosh, editor. Handicraft, (Kamehamelia School), Theo. Richards, 
editor. Association Review, by Literary Society Y.M.C.A. Papers of 
Hawaiian Historical Society., by members. Hand-book of Hawaiian 
Islands & Guide to Honolulu & Vicinity, Frank Godfrey, editor. 
Tourists’ Guide, H. M. Whitney, editor. Hawaiian Directory, A. V. 
Gear, compiler and publisher; D. Logan, editor. 


TAXATION. 

Every male inhabitant of the Republic of Hawaii, between the ages 
of 20 and 60 years, pays Personal, Dog and Real and Personal Property 
Taxes. The Personal and Dog Taxes are assessed the 1st day of Janu¬ 
ary in each year and become delinquent, with 10 % added, on the last 
day of March. Delinquents are liable to arrest. The Tax is: for Poll, 
$1 -. School, $2; Road, $‘2. All property, except growing rice, is assessed 
as of January 1st. Growing Rice on May 1st; Real and Personal 
Property is Taxed at 1 % upon the actual cash value of the same and 
Taxes are, by law, a lien upon Property assessed. $300 worth are 
exempted. Tax books are open for inspection from the 1st to the 15th 
of July. Appeals must be noted between the 1st and 20th of July. If 
no return is made there is no appeal. Tax-Appeal Courts sit between 
the 1st and 20th of August in each year. All other, but Personal and 
Dog Taxes, are due and payable on and after the 1st day of September 
in each year: after November 15th Real and Personal Property Taxes 
become delinquent, with 10 % added. 


LICENSES. 

Licenses may be granted by the Minister of Interior, on application 
in writing, for the term of one year: business to be carried on at place 
indicated; licenses not transferable. 

Alcohol, $50; Bond, $1,000.-Stock and Shares, $100.-Awa, $1,006, 

$500, $250, $100.-Auction, Honolulu, $600; other districts, $15.- 

Banking, $750.-Billiards, $25 each table, or alley.-Boats, $4 and 

$8.-Boatmen, $1.-Butcher, beef, Honolulu. $100; other districts, 

$20, with bonds.-Butcher, pork, Honolulu, $40; other districts, 

$20.-Beef, to sell, $20.-Pork, to sell, $20.-Commercial Travelers, 

Oahu, $500; other islands, $250.-Firearms, hunting, Oahu, $5.- 





BAM OF HAWAII. 


-- 




rjX HE BANK OF HAWAII, Limited, has taken out 
I a Charter under the Banking Act of 1884, and 
duly Incorporated December 17, 1897, having a 
Subscribed Capital of $400,000,—75% of which, or 
$300,000, has been paid up. 


President, 1*. ('. .JONES. 

Vice-President, - - - J. B. ATHERTON. 

Cashier, - - - EDWIN A. JONES. 

Secretary, - - - - C. H. COOKE. 

Auditor, - GEORGE li. CARTER 

1J I H E O T O It S 

II WATERHOUSE. C. BOSSE. T. MAY. 

F. W. MACFARLANE. E. I). TENNEY. 

The object of the Bank is to conduct, strictly, a 
Banking Business ; will Receive Deposits; Loan 
Money on Approved Collateral; Attend to Collections; 
Purchase and Sell Exchange on all parts of the 
World, and do such other business as is within the 
limits of a Banking Corporation. 

Exchange furnished on San Francisco, Los An¬ 
geles and San Diego, Cala., New York, Boston, 
Philadelphia, Washington, D. C., Cincinnati, Chi¬ 
cago, St. Louis, Kansas City, New Orleans, Minne¬ 
apolis, St. Paul, Omaha, Denver, El Paso, Salt 
Lake, Portland, O., Seattle and Tacoma, Wash. 






Also on— 

London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg*, Bremen, 
Frankfort, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, Brussels, 
Copenhagen, Rome, St. Petersburg, and other 
points in Europe. Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, 
Japan, Hongkong and Shanghae. 

THE + BANK + OF + HAWAII 

Is Also Prepared to Issue 
Letters of Credit on All Parts of the World, 

THROUGH OUR CORRESPONDENTS, 

Wells, Fargo & Go.’s Bank, San Francisco 

THE BANK OF HAWAII HAS TAKEN OVER THE 

Safe Deposit Boxes of the Hawaiian Sate 
Deposit and Investment Company, 

AND CALL ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT 

These Boxes are Well Protected and Secure in the Vaults. 

WITH BOTH TIME AND COMBINATION LOCKS, WHICH 
ARE ABSOLUTELY BURGLAR-PROOF & FIRE-PROOF. 

Office, 409 Fort Street. Telephone 152. 



THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


SI 


Firearms, possession, $1 each and permit.-Livery Stable, Honolulu, 

$50; other districts, $25.-Lodging House, $2.-Hotel, boarding or 

restaurant, $50.-Merchandise, imported goods, annual sales less 

than $20,000, $50; $20,000 or over, % of 1 % of gross sales.-Milk, 

Honolulu, $25; Hilo. $15; other districts, $5.-Notaries, Honolulu,$10; 

other districts, $5.-Agents to Take Acknowledgments to Labor Con¬ 
tract, Honolulu, $50.-Agents to Take Acknowledgments, Honolulu, 

$10; other districts, $5.-Peddling Cake. $25.-Poisonous Drugs. 

$50.-Public Show, each performance, $5.-Salmon, to sell, $10.- 

Tobacco, Cigars, etc., $10.-Drays, Wagons, Carts, $2.50.-Drivers 

of Vehicles, $1.-Hacks and Busses, for each person capacity, $1. 


CENSUS OF 1396. 

The population of the Hawaiian Islands in 1890 was $9,900. of which 
49,278 were foi’eigners and 40.022 Hawaiians. The census returns, 
taken here in Hawaii under the direction of the Bureau of Education 
and as of Sept., 1896, makes the total population 109,020, divided on isl¬ 
ands as follows; Oahu, 42,205; Hawaii. 33,274: Maui, 17,726; Kauai, 
15,228; Molokai, 2,367: Lanai. 105; Niibau. 164. Increase over census 
1890, 19,019. 

The total of 109,020 is further divided as follows; Hawaiians. 31,019; 
part-Hawaiians, 8,485: Japanese, 24,407: Chinese, 21,616: Portuguese, 
15,191; Americans, 3,086: British, 2,250: Germans, 1,432; other Europ¬ 
eans, 479; Polynesians, 455: miscellaneous Nationalities, 600. Total, 
109,020. 


SOME HEIGHTS IN HAWAII. 


Maunakea, Hawaii.13,805 

Mauna Loa, Hawaii.13,675 

Hualalai, Hawaii.8,300 

Kilauea Volcano. 4,000 

Haleakala, Maui.10,032 

Ulupalakua. Maui. 1,790 


Kaala. Oahu. 4,030 

Lanihuli, West Peak, Pali_ 2,780 

Tantalus . 2,013 

Nuuanu Pali. 1,210 

Diamond Head. 762 

Punchbowl. 499 


STEAMSHIP AND RAILROAD OFFICES. 


Oceanic Steamship Co. W. G. Irwin k Co. Spreckels Block, Fort St 
Canadian-Australian, T. H. Davies & Co. Cor Queen k Kaahumanu 
Pacific Mail, H. Hackfeld & Co. Cor Queen k Fort 

Occidental & Oriental, H. Hackfeld & Co. Cor Queen & Fort 

Inter-Island ss. Co. Queen, near Fort 

AVilder ss. Co. .. Cor Queen & Fort 

Oahu Railroad, . King, below the bridge. 

















82 


GODFREY S HAND BOOK. 


THE LEGISLATURE. 

The Legislature of the Republic of Hawaii consists of 
a Senate of fifteen members, a House of Representatives 
of fifteen members, and a Council of State of fifteen 
members. The Senators are elected by ballot at a. 
general election, the present incumbents, however, 
holding office until 1899, when an election of Senators for 
two, four and six years terms will be held. Representa¬ 
tives are elected every two years. A new ‘■‘’House,” 
lately elected, (September 29, 1897,) will appear at the 
convening next February. The Council of State consists 
of five members elected by the Senate, five by the 
Representatives and five appointed by the President. 
They hold office for the legislature term of two years 
and act between sessions thereof, if occasions arise. The 
Council of State advises with the President with regard 
to reprieves, pardons and commutation of sentences. It 
may be convened at any time and the members serve 
without pay. The members of the Senate and of the 
House of Representatives receive $400 each regular 
session, (on the 1st, 80th and 60th days of session,) and 
$200 for each special session ; also mileage, at ten cents 
a mile. ’ ; 

MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. 

Senate. —Hawaii: Rev. J. Kauhane; F. S. Lyman; F. 
Northrup; S. Holstein. Maui: A. Hocking; H. P. 
Baldwin; W Y. Horner. Oahu: Cecil Brown; Henry 
Waterhouse; J. A. McCandless; W. C. Wilder; H. W. 
Schmidt; J. N. Wright. Kauai: George N. Wilcox; 
William H. Rice, 

Representatives.— Terms expiring Feb., 1898. Ha¬ 
waii: E. E. Richards; Robert Rycroft; E. C. Bond; G. 
P. Kamauoha. Maui: W. P. Haia; Rev. A. Pali; Rev. 
E. M. Hanuna. Oahu: A. G. M. Robertson: D. L. 
Naone; E. C. Winston; J. C. Cluney; Rev. Jas. Davis; 
L. K. Halualani. Kauai: S. K. Kaeo; Walter McBryde. 
Newly elected, terms expiring Feb., 1900. Hawaii: W. 
C. Achi; J. D. Paris; A. B. Lobenstein; E. E. Richards. 
Maui: S. Pogue; D. W. Kahaulelio; S. K. Kaai. Oahu; 
L. L. McCandless; A. G. M. Robertson; J. L. Kaulukou; 
A. V. Gear; S. G. Wilder; A. T. Atkinson. Kauai: 
Paul lsenberg, Jr.; S. K. Kaeo. 




"The honorable 

lttther Wilcox, esq.. 


Member Says:” 

Interpreter of Out 


Legislature. 











84 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


POSTAL POINTERS. 

The General Post-office is a good place to go to for information which 
is not here given, especially regarding Parcel-Post and other rates 
which lack of space forbids detailing. Reference to advertisement on 
p. XVIII is suggested as there is much contained therein. The general 
information is to the effect that letters to the United States and coun¬ 
tries in the Postal Union are subject to the rates applying to the 
Union, i. e., 5 cents jier V 2 oz; Postals, 2 cents; Newspapers, 2 cents 
each two oz. or fraction thereof; Local Postage is 1 cent for each % oz.. 
Inter-island Letters are 2 cents for each y oz. Post-offices are situated 
on the other islands as below mentioned, and those having “Money- 
Order ’’ connections are indicated by an asterisk. The rules, in brief, 
applying to Money-Orders are that: 

Domestic Postal Money-Orders will be furnished, on application, h> 
any Money-Order Office. No Order may exceed $500. Fees: $5 and 
under, 5 cents; $10 and under, 10 cents; $15 and under, 15 cents; $20 
and under, 20 cents; $50 and under, 25 cents. Foreign Money-Orders 
are payable in the United States, Canada, Hongkong, the United 
Kingdom, Australian Colonies, etc., may also be obtained at any 
Money-Order Office. Fees on such are less to the United States than 
elsewhere; information may be obtained on request. Hours of Money- 
Order business in Honolulu are from 9 A. M. till 4 p. M. except Satur¬ 
days, then from 9 A. M. till 1 P. M. 

POSTAL AND MONEY-ORDER OFFICES. 

Oahu —Ewa, *HonouliuIi; *Waianae, *Waialua, *Kahuku, Kaneohe, 
Waimanalo, *Heeia, Waikane, Punaluu, Laie, ^Honolulu. 

Molokai — 1 *Kaunakakai, Kalaupapa, *Kamalo, Pukoo. 

Maui —*Lahaina, *Wailuku, *Kahului, *Spreckelsville, *Paia, *Ha- 
makuapoko, *Maka\vao, Huelo, Peahi, Pauwela, *Kipahulu, :f Hana, 
*Hamoa, Ulupalakua, Makena. 

Hawaii —*Mahukona, *Kohala, Kawaihae, *Waimea, *Kukuihaele, 
*Honokaa, *Paauilo, *Ookala, *Hakalau, *Laupahoehoe, *Hilo, *Pohoiki 
Olaa, Kailua, Keauhou, *Kealakekua, Napoopoo, *Hookena, Hoopuloa, 
*Waiohinu, *Naalehu, Honuapo, Hilea, Punaluu, *Pahala. 

KAUAI—*Llhue, *Koloa, Hanapepe, *Makaweli, *Kekaha, *Mana, 
*Waimea, *Kealia, *Kilauea, *HanaIei. 


DROP LETTER BOXES. 

POST-OFFICE DROP LETTER BOXES are situated as indicated 
Collections are made from them every morning and evening. 

Waikiki road and Waikiki-kai; King and Waikiki road; Lunalilo 
and Keeaumoku; Beretania and Victoria: Beretania and Punchbowl: 
Emma and School; Nuuanu and Pauoa; Nuuanu and School: King 
and Kamehameha School; King, near Oahu Railroad Depot; Executive 
Building; Judiciary Building; Hawaiian Hotel; Arlington Hotel. 


*Money-Order Office. 




THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


85 



THE HONOLULU FIRE DEPARTMENT. 


Tlie true history of the origin and early days of the Fire Department 
is one of those records which, from sheer procrastination, has been per¬ 
mitted to remain in the “vortex of time” so long that the original 
items have become too blurred and indistinct to depend on. As near 
as can be deciphered the original Chief of the Department, by reason 
of his office as Marshal of the (then; Kingdom, was William C. Parke. 
Mr. Ascher B. Bates presented a resolution before the Privy Council 
relative to the formation of a Fire Department in 1850 and adopted in 
1851. Captain Benjamin F. Snow in the meantime was acting as Chief, 

The Volunteer Fire Department was first thoroughly organized on 
the evening of June 4, 1853, with the following officers: Chief Engineer, 
A. .J. Cartwright; First Assistant. B. F. Snow: Second Assistant, W. F. 
Allen; Engine No. 1, W. E. Cuttrell, Foreman; No. 2, It. F. Gilliland; 
Assistant Foreman, Wm. Duncan. Delegates; A. J. McDuffee, John S. 
Smithies. Fire Wardens; Win. Wond, Jas. I. Dowsett, George Clark, 
Alex. McDuff. Gf all those named only Messrs. Wm. F. Allen, John S, 
Smithies and Jas. I. Dowsett are alive at this writing, December, 1897. 
A Hook & Ladder Company was added to the Department in 1857 and 
in 1872 a new truck was imported. In 1860 Hawaii Engine Co. No. 4 
came into existence, and December 14, 1863, Pacific Hose Co. No. 3 was 
organized. China Engine Co. No. 5 imported their Steam Fire Engine 
in 1877. Engine Co. No. 1 was the first to receive a steam fire apparatus. 
The Chiefs of the Volunteer Department have been : W. C. Parke, B. F. 
Snow, A. J. Cartwright, R. F. Giililand, R. B. Neville, C. E. Williams, 
C. N. Spencer, J. A. Hassinger, J. S. Lemon, J. Nott, G. Lucas, C. B. 
Wilson and J. Asch. Only Messrs. Williams, Hassinger, Nott, Wilson 
and Asch are now (December, 1897,) living. 

The Volunteer Department was disbanded and re-organized as a Paid 
Department March 1, 1893, with Frank Hustace as Chief Engineer, 
serving but a short while, when he was succeeded by James H. Hunt, 
the present incumbent. The Department, to-day, consists of two 
steam engines, two hose carts and one chemical engine, all drawn by 





GODFREY 8 HAND BOOK. 


8(> 


horses. The discipline is excellent and the alacrity and utility of the 
the Department may be measured when it is stated that it only takes 
“ fifteen seconds to roll out ” on an alarm. A strong and roomy build¬ 
ing of stone, lately constructed, is occupied as the Central Fire Station 
and is situated on the northeast corner of Beretania and Fort streets. 
Visitors would do well to pay the place a visit The personnel of the 
Department of date is : 

Commissioners A. Brown, Charles Crozier, J. H. Fisher; W. R. Sims, 
Secretary. James H. Hunt, Chief Engineer. 


FIRE ALARM CALLS, HONOLULU. 

Alarms are given by steam whistle of Electric Works. Pauses are 
made between double numbers, and locations repeated three times. 


4— Hotel and Fort. 

5— Hotel and Nuuanu. 

6— Hotel and Maunakea. 

7— Hotel and Richards, 

8— Hotel and Punchbowl. 

9— King and Kekaulike. 

12—King and Nuuanu. 

13 —King and Fort. 

14— King and Alakea. 

15— King and Punchbowl. 

16— Queen and Maunakea. 

17— Queen and Nuuanu. 

18— Queen and Fort. 

19— Qneen and Richards. 

21—Queen and South. 

23— Kakaako. 

24— Allen and Fort. 

25— P. M. S. S. Co.’s Wharf. 

26 —Smith and Pauahi. 

27 —Beretania and Maunakea. 

28— Beretania and Nuuanu. 

29— Beretania and Fort. 

31— Beretania and Emma. 

32— Beretania and Punchbowl. 

34— Nuuanu and Vineyard. 

35— Nuuanu and School. 

36— Nuuanu and Kuakini. 

37 —Nuuanu and Judd. 

38—L iliha and Judd. 


39—Lililia and School. 

41 —Liliha and King. 

42— King and Dowsett Lane. 

43— Iwilei 
45—R. R. Depot. 

46 —School and Fort. 

47— Punchbowl and Pauoa Road. 

48— Punchbowl and Emma. 

49— Punchbowl and Miller. 

51— Kinau and Miller. 

52— Kinau and Alapai. 

53— King and Alapai, 

54— King and Kapiolani. 

56— Beretania and Kapiolani. 

57— Victoria and Lunalilo. 

58— Pensacola and Wilder Avenue 

59— Pensacola and Beretania. 

61— Piikoi and King. 

62— Piikoi and Kinau. 

63— Piikoi and Lunalilo. 

64— Wilder Avenue and Kewalo. 

65— Wilder Avenue and Makiki. 

67— Wilder Avenue and Punahou. 

68— Beretania and Keeaumoku. 

69— Beretania and Punahou. 

71—Beyond Punahou Street. 

72 —King and Keeaumoku. 

73— Waikiki. 

74— Harbor. 



THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


'87 



VOLCANO ROUTE STEAMER. 

POINTS ON THE ISLANDS. 

Distances and Rates of Cabin Fare. 

• • . • . .. ./! 

Island. Place. Distance.* Fare. Via. 


OAHU—Waianae ...... 

.... 27 

Waialma. 

.... 47 

Kahuku . 

_ 57 

Waimanalo... 

. 22 

Punaluia. 

. 40 

Laie. 

_ 62 

Mokuleia. 

...... 45 

Puuiki. 


MAUI—Lahaina. 

... 73 

Kahului. 

.... 90 

Huelo.. 

.... 105 

Kipahulu .... 

.... 134 

Maalaea Bay. 

.... 87 

Hana. 

.... 124 

Makena. 

.... 96 

Ulupalakua .. 

.... 95 

Hamoa ---- 

.... 129 

HAWAII—Mahukona ... 

. 140 

Kawaihae . 

.... 150 

Waimea. 

.... 152 

Paauilo. 

.... 180 

Ookala. 

.... 187 

Hakalau. 

.... 196 


. $3 00. I. I. S. S. Co. 

. 3 o©. 

.,, 3 00.. 

. 300...... 

. 3 00. 

. 3 00. 

. 3 00. 

___ 3 00 . 

.. 5 00. I.I.S. Co. W.S.S Co. 

.. 6 00. Wilder S. S. Co, 

. 6 00. 

. 6 00. 

. 6 00. I.I.S. Co. W.S.Co. 

. 6 00...... Wilder S, Co 

. 800...... “ 

_ 8 00. Makena. 

_ 8 00. Hana. 

. 10 00. Wilder S. S. Co. 

. 10 00.. 

. 10 00. 

. 12 50. _ 

. 12 50. 

...... 1250...... 






























































HH 


ISLAND. 


GODFREY 8 

POINTS ON THE 

HAND ROOK. 

ISLANDS—Continue 

Place. 

Distance.* Fare. 

Via 

Laupahoelioe.. 

... 172 

. 12 50. 

Wilder 

Hilo. 


. 12 50. 


Paauhau . 

... 160 



Pnhoiki. 

... 238 

. 15 00. 


Kukuihaele.... 

... 160 

. 10 00. 

1. I. 8 

Honokaa . 


. 10 00. 


Kailua. 

... 163 

. 10 00. 


Kealakekua ... 

... 174 

. 10 00. 


Keauhou . 

... 250 

. 10 00. 


N apoopoo. 

... 174 

. 10 00. 


Hookena. 

... 180 

. 10 00. 


Hoopuloa. 

... 193 

. 10 00. 


Waiohinu. 


. 12 00. 


Naalehu. 

... 224 

. 12 00. 


Honuapo - 

... 227 

. 12 00. 


Punaluu. 

. .. 232 

. 12 00. 


Koloa. 

... 100 

. 6 00. 

1. I. 8 

M fikaWfll i. 

... 120 

...... 6 00. 


Hanamaulu .. 

. .. 100 

. 6 00. 


Kfl.lililwai..... 

... 115 

. 6 00. 


Hanapepe . . . .• 

... 110 

. 6 00 . 


Nawiliwili.... 

.... 96 

. 6 00. 


Kapaa . 

_ 100 

. 6 00_ 


El eele . 

. ... 105 

. b 00. 


Waimea. 

... 114 

. 6 00. 


Kealia. 

.. .. 100 

. G 00. 


Kilauea. 


. 6 00. 


Ha.nalfti.. 

.... 120 

. 6 00. 


>111113.0 ........ 

_ UO 

. 6 00. 


u Honolulu in sea-miles. 

Verified by Mr. 

F. S. D< 


8. Cu. 


8. Co. 


eminent Survey. 


VIA OaHU RAILROAD. 


Place. 

Distance —. 

Moanalua .. 

. 3.. 

Puuloa. 

. 6. 

Aiea. 


Kalanan .... 

.10., 

Wa1a.il. 

.11. 

Pearl City.. 


Waipio. 


Wa.ikelft.... 

.14. 

Hoaeae. 



Single Fare. 
....9 15.... 

.30.... 

.... .40... 

.45... 

.50... 

.... 55.... 

. 00 ... 

.65... 

.70... 


Round Trip. 
...$ .25 
... .55 

.... .70 
... .80 

.90 

.... 1.00 
. .. 1.10 
.... 1.20 
_1.30 





































































































THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


8 ( J 


VIA OAHU RAILROAD— Continued. 


Place. 

Dis lance — Miles. 

Single Fare. 

Round Trip 

Honouliuli ., 

.16. 

.75. 

. 1.40 

Ewa Mill. 

. 18. 



Waianae. 

.33. 




Round Trip Tickets to Pearl City, Ewa Mill and Waianae are sold 
Saturdays and Sundays which are good between Saturday A. M. and 
Monday A. M. These Tickets are sold as follows : 

Pearl City, First Class.$ .75 Second Class.$ .50 

Ewa Mill, “ . 1.00 “ .75 

Waianae, “ . 1.50 “ . 1.25 

CHIEF FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES IN HONOLULU. 

I 

United States —Minister Resident, Harold M. Sewall; Consul-Gen¬ 
eral, HeywoodJ Vice-Consul, W. Porter Boyd. 

Great Britain —Commissioner and Consul-General W. P. Kenney. 
Portugal —Consul-General, A. de S. Canavarro. 

France —Consul-General, Louis Voisson. 

Italy— Consul, F. A. Schaefer. 

Russia; Germany; Austria-Hungary—J. F. Hackfeld. 

CHINA—Commercial Agent, Goo Kim Fui. 

Japan —Minister Resident, H. Shimamaru. 

Spain and Mexico—C onsul, H. Renjes. 

CHILI—Consul, Julius Hoting. 

Peru—B ruce Cartwright. 

Denmark —H. R. Macfarlane. 

Sweden and Norway—C onsul, C. Schmidt. 


HACK STANDS. 


Corner Nuuanu and King. 
Corner Hotel and Fort. 
Corner King and Fort. 


Corner Fort and Merchant. 
Corner Nuuanu and Hotel. 
Corner King and Bethel. 


Drivers have rates of fare which should be produced if required. In 


case of dispute passengers should take the number of hack and 
refer the matter to Captain Sam Macy, Superintendent Hacks, at Police 


Station. 


SUGAR, RICE AND COFFEE. 

The three above-mentioned articles are the chief products of the 
Hawaiian Islands. In 1895 there were exported 294,874,819 lbs. sugar, 
3,768,762 lbs. rice and 198,150 lbs. coffee. 

The manufacture of sugar requires considerable capital and much 
experience, and although many opportunities still exist on the islands 
for the starting of new plantations yet the capital invested causes in¬ 
tending investors to place their interests in the stock of one of the es¬ 
tablished plantations. 














90 


GODFREYS HAND ROOK. 


Rice is cultivated to a great extent, solely by Chinese, who grow 
their crops on lands which they have leaseholds of. The cultivation 
of rice as regards the labor and management is hardly adaptable to 
the white man’s abilities, although investments may be made with 
profitable return in holdings already established. 

Coffee production seems to offer more opportunity at present for in¬ 
dividual investment and management on account of the opportunities 
presented in obtaining lands, and personal labor and supervision, be¬ 
sides the small expense of machinery. It is looked upon as the com¬ 
ing industry especially as the quality of the Hawaiian grown now 
ranks high in the world’s market. 

THE JUDICIARY. 

The Judiciary of the Republic of Hawaii consists of the Supreme 
Court: five Circuit Courts and twenty-nine District (or Police) Courts. 
The Supreme Court is composed of a Chief Justice and not less than 
two Associate Justices. They hold office for life and their salaries 
cannot be diminished during their continuance in office. The deci¬ 
sions of the Supreme Court when made by a majority are final, and it 
is a notable record that the published decisions, contained in ten 
printed volumes, have received very high recommendation from lead¬ 
ing foreign jurists. The sittings of the Supreme Court are held in 
Honolulu, the terms commencing on the third Mondays of March, 
June, September and December of each year. The Circuit Courts 
are five in number, presided over by six judges, two of the latter being 
apportioned to the First Circuit Court which includes the island of 
Oahu in its jurisdiction. The Circuit judges are appointed by the 
Cabinet and receive salaries of from $4000 to $2500 per year and 
which cannot be diminished during their term in office...The District 
Courts are somewhat similar in jurisdiction to the Police Courts of 
American cities. They are twenty-nine in number; the Magistrates 
are commissioned by the Chief Justice and hold office for a term of 
two years, receiving a biennial salary set by the Legislature. 

SUPREME COURT. 

Chief Justice— Hon. A. Francis Jitdd, L. L. D.; First Associate Jus¬ 
tice— Hon. Walter F. Frear; Second Associate Justice— Hon. W. 
Austin Whiting; Chief Clerk— Henry Smith, Esq. 

CIRCUIT COURTS. 

First Circuit, Hon. Antonio Perry, Hon. W. L. Stanley ; Second 
Circuit, J W. Kalua; Third and Fourth Circuits, E. G. Hitchcock; 
Fifth Circuit, J. Hardy. 

DISTRICT COURT, HONOLULU. 

W. Luther Wilcox; C. Frederick Peterson, Deputy-Judge. 



TALK TO A TOURIST. 


The intending tourist has called at the office of J. D. 
Spreckels & Bros., the general agents of the Oceanic 
Steamship Company, 327 Market street, San Francisco, 
and has had a conversation with L. F. Cockroft, whose 
office is at 114 Market street, the general passenger 
agent, who will inform him that a first-class ticket, 
round trip to Hawaii and back to San Francisco includ¬ 
ing a visit to the world-renowned Volcano of Kilauea, 
will cost $175.00. These tickets, it must be remembered, 
are good for three months. A trip from San Francisco 
to Honolulu and the Volcano can be made in three weeks! 
The steamers of the Company leave the wharf at the 
foot of Folsom street, usually at two o’clock in the af¬ 
ternoon of the date set for sailing. The average tourist 
seems to have a fancy for the steamer Australia as she 
is the regular steamer between San Francisco and Hono¬ 
lulu and return. There are many who have enjoyed a 
trip on the commodious Australia and have had the 
pleasure of being the guests, pro fem, of gentlemanly and 
jolly Capt. Houdlette, the commander, and who is a great 
favorite. Chief Officer Lawless is a counterpart of his 
superior and Chief Engineer Neimann, Purser McCombe 
and Dr. Soule make it a business to remove all symptoms 
of ennui while en voyage. All of these officers have been 
shipmates for years on the Australia , and their friends 
are legion. Chief Steward Seeley of the steamer has 
won golden opinions from the many tourists who have 
voyaged in his care and the ‘‘inner man” is well looked 
out for. His department is well and creditably conducted. 

The hotels in the city are not many in number, but 
each has its peculiar advantages; now, the Hawaiian 
Hotel has a long established reputation as a first-class 
hostelry, has a bar and billard room attached and the 


92 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


Hawaiian Band gives concerts in a pavilion on the 
grounds about once a week. There are many cottages 
connected with the Hawaiian Hotel and they, as well as 
the main building, are lighted with electricity. Elec¬ 
tric bells send messages to willing waiters. Guests at 
the Hawaiian Hotel have the blessing of being provided 
with an unfailing supply of pure artesian water. A large 
and commodious lanai has been added to the main build¬ 
ing and here are held many festive gatherings which are 
much enjoyed by guests. The rates are ruled by the de¬ 
sires of the guests and the popular Manager, Col. “ Tom” 
James, will use every effort to make the stay of guests 
pleasant. After having made your toilet, it is quite 
natural that you should desire to know where wants may 
be supplied. 

Monetary affairs may occupy your mind—you may 
wish to cash a letter of credit or open a deposit account. 
Such business can be properly arranged by calling on 
Spreckels & Co., or W. G. Irwin & Co., on Fort street, 
near Merchant; or on Bishop & Co., Merchant street, 
near Kaahumanu, diagonally across from the Postoffice. 
Both of these banking firms have business relations ex¬ 
tending all over the world. Mr. J. S. Walker, whose 
office is room 12, Spreckels’ block, is a gentleman who 
has succeeded his father in a long established business in 
life, fire and marine insurance. He has the sterling 
business qualities which makes it a pleasure to engage 
in business relations with him and his insurance rates 
are reasonable. 

As business is thus set aside, for the time being, you 
may wish to learn the latest local news which you can do 
by purchasing either the Daily Advertiser , morning; 
Bulletin , Star or Independent , evening; or Gazette , weekly, 
from the Hawaiian News Co., directly opposite the bank 
of Bishop & Co. The News Co. has also on sale Thrum’s 
Annual, a valuable statistical work, and Whitney’s 
Tourists’ Guide, as also this HAND-BOOK and a variety 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 


93 


of books and newspapers in Hawaiian and other languages. 
The News Co. are agents for the famed Fischer pianos 
and also carry a complete line of musical goods. -Also 
agents for Picturesque Hawaii, and History of the Later 
Years of the Hawaiian Monarchy. 

It is not at all improbable that the general tourist is 
accompanied by a representative of the gentler sex, and 
she naturally desires to get rid of the sickly smells that 
hang around her as memories of a sea voyage, so she 
must hie to the well stocked establishment of Benson, 
Smith & Co., druggists and perfumers, on the corner of 
Fort and Hotel streets. If the lady is weary, herself or 
escort can purchase by telephone as satisfactorily as if 
calling in person. 

The climate will have the natural effect to induce a 
dress in conformity therewith. 

Lady tourists can have opportunity to replenish or add 
to their wardrobes by visiting E. W. Jordan, N. S. 
Sachs or John Egan, all on Fort street, who keep a full 
line of silks and other dress goods which they are well 
pleased to show to shoppers. Mr. Sachs presents con¬ 
stantly the latest styles in millinery and dressmaking. 

It would be a hard matter indeed for the lover of good 
jewelry, or who desired to possess a local souvenir spoon 
to pass by the well displayed articles in the window of 
H. G. Biart, on Fort street, near King. Mr. Biart designs 
and manufactures, and he makes a specialty of man¬ 
ufacturing to order souvenir spoons and many of his de¬ 
signs are most unique. Thos. Lindsay, also a manufac¬ 
turing jeweler and watchmaker, is in the new Love 
block on Fort street, above Hotel street. He manufac¬ 
tures Hawaiian coin curios and other designs. Each of 
these dealers supply first-class goods and work. 

Time may be pressing, and it is right and proper that if 
the tourist intends to make a quick trip of it and desires 
to go to the Volcano to call at the Volcano House Office. 
The general information is that the round trip ticket is 



94 


Godfrey’s hand book. 


$50, and includes an absence from Honolulu of eight days, 
allowing the opportunity for a stay of one week at the 
Volcano. There are two routes and the tourist may go 
by one and return by the other at a cost of $70 for two 
weeks. Mr. S. B. Rose, the genial secretary of the 
Wilder’s Steamship Co., or Mr. J. L. McLean, secretary of 
the Inter-Island Co. will do all in their power to instruct 
travelers as to their needs en route. Voyagers will 
remember that they travel on excellent and well-equip¬ 
ped steamers, with electric lights, etc., and the employees 
are most courteous. 

A great many people before departing for the Volcano 
consider it advisable to obtain a small hamper of tooth¬ 
some viands for which they may have a personal liking. 
Wants in this line can be quickly and satisfactorily sup¬ 
plied by telephoning an order to Messrs. Lewis & Co., 
on Fort street near Hotel, telephone 240; M essrs. T. May & 
Co., nearly opposite, on Fort street, telephone 2; Messrs. 
H. E. McIntyre & Bros., northeast corner King and Fort 
streets, telephone 92, or to Mr. Chas. Hustace, on King 
street, near Fort street, a few doors from the Arlington 
House, telephone No. 119. Orders will be promptly filled 
and goods carefully packed and forwarded to any place 
desired. 

To avoid the evil effects of snake bites, or rather scorp¬ 
ion or centipede stings, or to assist in the easy delivery 
of a good fish story, it is well to be provided with such 
requisites as are kept on sale in original packages by W. 
C. Peacock & Co., telephone 46. Choice goods in all 
brands of wines or liquors is the boast of this firm. 

On a return to Honolulu the tourist, surfeited with 
his view of the world’s wonder, the active Volcano at 
Hilo, may have a feeling that a bath in the blue Pacific 
would do him lots of good, and it will be well to ring up 290 
and get a hack and driver from that popular stand and 
be driven to Col. .Tim Sherwood’s Long Branch bath¬ 
house at Waikiki, near the bridge, or to San Souci sea- 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


95 

side resort, beneath the shadow of Diamond Head. The 
Aloha Bath House is nearer town being located close to 
the Marine Railway and Mrs. Reist, the proprietress, is 
attentive to customers. 

Refreshed, as the traveler must be, after bathing in 
water of 76° temperature, he can return to town and 
take a view of the kitchen furnishing goods which John 
Nott., near the corner of King and Fort streets, has to 
offer. He has the best of goods at low prices. 

The Pacific Hardware offers to tourists opportunities 
to inspect their large and varied stocks, free of charge, 
and say positively it is no trouble to show goods. The 
Pacific Hardware Co. is in the new building, Cummins 
Block, southeast corner of Merchant and Fort streets. 
The stock comprises everything from a needle to a wind¬ 
mill, and offers to lovers of paintings an opportunity to 
inspect some beautiful views of local scenery. This firm 
also presents a varied stock of mouldings for picture 
framing and their prices are very reasonable. 

Messrs. Castle & Cooke, corner of King and Bethel 
streets, one of the oldest firms in town, say to the tourist 
that they are importer’s and it is impossible to list their 
stock, but “ If there is anything you want, come and ask 
for it and you will be politely treated.” 

E. Hoffschlaeger & Co., on King street, nearly opposite 
Castle & Cooke ; H. Hackfeld & Co., corner of Queen and 
Fort streets; M. S. Grinbaum & Co., on Queen street; T. 
H. Davies & Co., corner of Queen and Kaahumanu streets, 
E. O. Hall & Son, corner of Fort and King streets, and 
J. T. Waterhouse, at the old Queen Street Store, invite 
inspection of their varied stocks. 

To have excellent understanding in style, make and 
finish, no better place can be visited by the stranger vis¬ 
itor to obtain footwear in leather than the long-establish¬ 
ed and well-known Manufacturers Shoe Co., No. 511, Fort 
street. Attentive salesmen and excellent quality of goods 
induces patronage from everybody, 

J 

! 


or, 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 


The stranger tourist must not forget the beauties of 
the Pearl Harbor region nor neglect the opportunity to 
watch the growing of sugar cane and the manufacture of 
sugar. These things can be viewed by anybody (but a 
blind man) by taking a trip over the Oahu Railway Co. 
The depot is situated on King street, a little below the 
bridge—take a car. 

To convenience tourists the Tramways Co. indicates, 
on page XII. of Advertisements, the time on various 
routes. For further convenience the Company have 
busses as does also Frank Smith, whose notice appears 
on page XXI. The latter runs a line to Moanalua and 
has special busses for hire. 

The most independent and comfortable way to enjoy 
the beauties and sights of the town is to ring up a hack 
of the United Carriage Co., telephone 290, and be driven 
where and whither you pleases. The rigs of this Com¬ 
pany are first-class and the drivers well-acquainted with 
places of interest. Special buggies or other turnouts as 
well as horses can be obtained on order to either J. C. 
Quinn, or Manuel Reist, the proprietors. 

Messrs. W. H. Rice and James I. Dowsett have large 
stock ranches and have excellent horse stock. The in¬ 
tending purchaser will find it to his interst to commuui- 
cate with either of these well known stock-breeders if a 
horse or other stock is desired. 

The wagon, which is desirable, can be satisfactorily 
obtained by paying a visit to the Hawaiian Carriage 
Manufactory Co., No. 70 Queen street, and have an 
interview with Mr. George Dillingham. Style, size and 
price to suit. W. W. Wright, at the Honolulu Carriage 
Manufactory, Fort street, offers to tourists and residents 
wagons of every size or style desired at reasonable prices. 

The purchase of a horse will, of course, entail the 
necessity of purchasing feed to keep said horse in a good 
condition. The would-be purchaser is recommended to 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. 97 

try the California Feed Co., whose extensive warehouse 
and office is on Queen street, at the foot of Nuuanu. 

If the climate and surroundings induce the tourist to 
become a settler amongst us, then his first move should be 
to visit Henry Waterhouse & Co., the real estate agents, 
on Queen street, and whose business embraces the sale of 
or lease of lands in the city and suburbs, and who, if you 
do not wish to buy, can offer for rent many available 
buildings for residence or business, located in various 
places in the city. Having fixed your locality, then visit 
Hopp & Co., the largest furniture establishment in the 
city, whose salesrooms are on the corner of King and 
Bethel streets. Even if one intends to go away steamer 
chairs may be purchased and care is taken to supply 
customers with the best of material at the lowest prices. 

Whether he goes or stays it is well for the stranger to 
pay a visit to the popular photograph establishment of 
J. J. Williams at 102 Fort street (upstairs) and under the 
guidance of the affable and artistic operator, Mr. Chas. 
Weather wax, he will be enabled to obtain a supply of 
island views which will be a beauty and a joy to distant 
friends. This gallery is patronized by the elite of the 
city and has the only complete set of island views. 

Mr. J. D. Wicke will enable the visitor to carry away 
highly polished canes or calabashes, as he is a first-class 
polisher, carver and also an upholsterer. His place of 
business is on Alakea street, next to the Y. M. C. A. 
building. 

But if he has decided to stay, the stranger will nat¬ 
urally intend to build him ‘‘ a home-by-the-sea.” Houses 
require lumber and nails and things, these may be ob¬ 
tained in any quantity and at low price from Messrs. 
Allen & Robinson, Queen street. 

It would be well to add to the adornment of the house 
in which the tourist rests, by the purchase and addition 
thereto of some of the elegant pictures which the Pacific 
Hardware Co., on Fort street, near Merchant, present to 


98 Godfrey’s hand book. 

view or have in stock and which are offered at very low 
rates. John Nott offers house-furnishing goods, as does 
aiso Messrs. Castle & Cooke, J. T. Waterhouse and E. O. 
Hall and John Emmeluth. 

But what is a well-furnished home without the omni¬ 
present piano? Mr. J. W. Bergstrom, in the Masonic 
Temple building, is agent for the Kroeger make, 
and the Hawaiian News Company for the Fischer. 
Music lovers have opportunity to read their advertise¬ 
ments for particulars. 

It may reasonably be supposed, however, that the 
visitor hither, as a rule, has not made arrangements 
to stay, but of necessity must return again in one of the 
commodious vessels of the Oceanic S. S. line, to the 
shores of the Golden Gate. A visit must be made to 
Wm. G. Irwin & Co., Fort street, the agents of the line, 
and the courtesy and knowledge of both Mr. W. M. 
Giffard and Mr. Harry Whitney will be used to make the 
road of the traveler pleasant and an endeavor will be 
made to berth him, or her, to satisfaction. The steamers 
of the Canadian-Australian Steamship Co. now offer safe 
and pleasant passage to and from Vancouver, B. C., to 
Honolulu and to the Colonies, Messrs. Theo. H. Davies 
& Co. are the agents, and they draw attention to their 
business on the front, inside, page of the cover of this 
HAND=BOOK. Messrs. Hackfeld & Co., the agents of 
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., are prepared to book 
passengers to and from the Orient. The firm has also 
a full line of goods of excellent manufacture and at 
reasonable figures. Intending business men should call 
in and view their stock. See “ ad ” on cover, inside back 
• page. 


THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS 


99 


And now, having given all the information which the 
most inquisitive or helpless temporary resident is thought 
to require, during his stay, he is left once more on board 
the steamer bound out from Honolulu for the Golden 
Gate; and, it is to be hoped, well pleased and benefitted 
by his sojourn made in the “ Hub of the Pacific.” 

















100 


GODFREYS HAND BOOK. 

MINES OF AUTHENTIC INFORMATION 


Consuls and Consular matters. G-. C. Potter or A. St. M. Mackintosh 

at Executive Building-Licenses and general Government business. 

John A. Hassinger, Executive Building-Postal matters, rates, etc. 

L. T. Kenake, general delivery window, Postoffice-Government 

finance. W. George Ashley, Executive Building-Judiciary mattei’s. 

Henry Smith or George Lucas, Judiciary Building-Buildings, roads, 

etc., W. E. Rowell or C. E. Herrick, Kapuaiwa Building-Water 

supply, rates, etc. J. W. Pratt, Kapuaiwa Building-Fire Depart¬ 
ment, fire limits, etc. Chief Engineer Hunt. Central Fire Station- 

Hacks and hack fares. Capt. Sam Macy, Police Station-Military. 

Capt. J. A. Schaefer, Military Headquarters-Musical. Professor 

Henri Berger, Miller street, or at Drill Shed-Agriculture, Immi¬ 

gration, Elections. Wray Taylor, J. A. Marsden, J. W. Girvin, Judiciai’y 
Buildiixg-Assessments and Taxes. Jona. Shaw, Judiciary Build¬ 
ing-Health and Sanitation. C. B. Reynolds or Charles Wilcox, 

Judiciary Building-Educational. Dr. C. T. Rodgers, Judiciai-y 

Building-Societies, Secret, Benevolent, etc. Thrum’s Annual. Ha¬ 
waiian Directory-Historical Data. Prof. W. D. Alexander, Kapu¬ 
aiwa Building-Hawaiian language. Rev. C. M. Hyde, Hon. A. 

Francis Judd, W. Luther Wilcox-Surveys, Distances, Heights. 

F. S. Dodge, Kapuaiwa Building-Custom Duties, Passpoi’ts, etc. 

F. B. McStocker at Custom House, or G. C. Stratemeyer, Oceanic Wharf 

-Steamer movements. (See page 81.)-Art and Artists. W. M. 

Graham with Bruce Cartwright, Merchant street-Real Estate. 

H. Watei'house & Co., Bruce, Waring & Co-Government Lands. J. 

H. Boyd, Executive Building; J. F. Brown, C. P. Iaukea, Judiciary 

Building-Raili-oads, Fares and Fx*eights. G. P. Denison, F. C. 

Smith, Oahu R. R. Office-Yachting and Boating. Judge Wilcox, 

James Toi’bert with Pacific Hax-dwax*e Co., or W. F. Love with Manu¬ 
facture rs Shoe Co-Athletics, Baseball, etc. C. S. Crane with Ad¬ 
vertiser or H. M. Whitney, Jr., with Irwin & Co-Theatricals. F. L. 

Hoogs with Hawaiian Star -Climate and Meteorology. C. J. Lyons. 

Kapuaiwa Building-Police matters. Arthur M. Brown or H. R. 

Hitchcock at Police Station-Hawaiian Folk Lore. Rev. C. M. 

Hyde, Rev. S. E. Bishop, Dr. N. B. Emersoxi-Olden Honolulu. Jas. 

I. Dowsett, E. C. Rowe-Hawaiian Philatily. W. M. Giffard, Thos. 

G. Thrum, H. M. Whitney, Sr-Sugar. C. Bolte with Grinbaum & 

Co-Coflee. Joseph Marsden, Judiciary Building, or C. L. Wight 

Wilder S. S. Co-Volcano Status. Geo. C. Beckley, Wilder S. S. Co. 

One of the latest additions to the improved class of buildings in this 
city is that now in course of erection by Mr. C. S. Desky, of Bruce 
Waring k Co., and promises to surpass any business block yetei’ected. 
It is named “Progress Block,” diagonally across from the new Fire 
Station, is three stories in height, built of brick and stone, and will 
contain the latest modern devices in elevators, etc., for the convenience 
of tenants. 





































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REFERENCE INDEX. 


-<5X030 x- 


PAGE 

A Trip to Hawaii.. 33 

Alexander’s History. 14 

Alexander, Prof W D. 7 

Around Oahu. 65 

Artesian Wells. 78 

Attorneys..xxxiv-v 

Baggage Moving . xxvii 

Bank of Hawaii. Insert 

Baptism of Boki. 12 

Barber’s Point. 11-21 

Barking Sands. 26 

Bishop Museum. 59 

Boat Clubs. 64-78 

Business Agent. xxxi 

Cemeteries. 78 

Central Union Church. 43 

Census. 81 

Channels, Depth of. 78 

Churches. 78 

Churchill, Wm. 7 

Chinese Washhouses. 78 

Circuit Courts. 56 

Climate, Compared. 79 

Cocoanut Grove. 56 

Coffee. ii-89 

Consolidated Soda Works . xxxi 

Cook, Captain. 6-8 

Crossroads of the Pacific.. 3 

Custom House. 46 

Cyclomere Park. 56 

SJamien, Father . 29 

Description of Islands ... 16 

Diamond Head. 21-55 

Dillingham, Mrs B F. 21 

Discoverers, Early. 7-8 

Discovery Honolulu Harbor 10 

Distances and Fares. 87 

District Court. 00 

District Court-room . 47 

Dole, SB. 5 

Flectric Light Works .... 78 

Elevations on Oahu. 78 

Emma Square. 49 

Engraving. xxx 

Errata.End of this Index 

Executive Building. 37 

Fire Alarm Calls. 86 

Fire Department. 85 

First Whaleship. 12 

Foreign Kepresentatives .. 89 

General Directory. 74 


PAGE 

Grape-vine Introduced_ 10 

Mack Stands. 89 

Haleakala Mountain. 20 

Halls. 76 

Hawaii. 16 

Hawaiian Club Papers_ 5 

Hawaiian Islands.1,5,29 30 

Hawaiian Opera House ... 41 

Heights in Hawaii. 81 

High School. 48 

Hilo. 16 

Historical Sketch. 5 

Hyman Bros. xxxi 

Information, Mines of .... 100 

Insane Asylum. 58 

Insurance.. xxxi 

Interest, Principal Points of 37 

Iao Valley. 19-20 

.Judiciary Building. 39 

Judiciary, The. 90 

Kaahumanu ..... 12 

Kaawaloa. 18 

Kahului. 2o 

Kamehameha 1. 12-19 

Kamehameha II. 12 

Kamehameha Estate. 39 

Kapiolani Park. 55 

Kapuaiwa Building. 41 

Kauai. 24 

Kaunakakai . 28 

Kawaiahao Church. 42 

Kaumakapili Church. 47 

I<a Perouse. 8 

Lahaina. 20 

Lanai. 29 

Land Act, Digest of. 72 

Lawyers. ..xxxiv-v 

Legends, Ancient. 5 

Legislature, The. 82 

Licenses .... . 80 

Li hue. 26 

Long Branch. 53 

L’Uranie Frigte, Arrival of 12 

Lunalilo Home. 51 

Lunalilo, Tomb of. 42 

Makee Island. 55 

Manoa Valley. 52 

Maps of Honolulu. xxiii 

Marine Kailway. 78 

Market, The Public. 45 

Masonic Temple. 64 































































































Reference Index— Con tin ued. 



PAGE 


PAGE 

Maternity Home . 

51 

Residence, Kaiulani. 

55 

M an i 

18 

Rice. 

89 

TVTi n pci r»f Tnfr»rm fl.t.i on 

100 

Rifle Ranges. .... 

78 

Missionaries, American. 

12 

Roman Catholic Cathedral 

49 

Fellah 

13 

Russians. 

11-13 

45 

Missionaries, French_ 

14 

Sailors’ Home. 

Molokai. 

28 

Salt Lake . 

59 

Museum, Bishop. 

50 

Schools. 

14 

Newspapers.xxxii—14, 77 

Sisters of Mercy. 

29 

Niihau . 

20 

St Andrew’s Cathedral .... 

49 

Notre Dame Cathedral .. 

40 

St Louis College. 

63 

Nuuanu Pali. 

.22, 23, 61 

Steamer and R R Offices... 

81 

Oahu. 

21 

Sugar . 

8 

Oahu College. 

.. 14, 63 

Supreme Court. 

90 

Oahu Prison. 

57 

Taxation. 

80 

Oahu R R. 

60 

Talk to a Tourist. 

91 

Pacific Club. 

64 

The “ Hub of the Pacific,”. 

23 

Pali of Nillianii. 

22, 23, 61 

Theatres. 

76 

Paris, Miss Anna. 

.. ' '26 

Thomas Square. 

56 

Parks and Squares. 

77 

Unoccupied Lands. 

73 

Peacock & Co. 


Valleys. 

76 

Pearl Harbor. 

2-3 

Vancouver. 

10 

Police Station. 

47 

Volcano Trip.ii 

-v—70 

Political History. 

15 

Voyages, Ancient Haw’ns. 

5 

Post-office. 

46 

Waialeale Mountain. 

26 

Postal Pointers. 


Waianae, via Oahu R R ... 

69 

Points of Interest. 

.. 37-64 

Waikiki Beach. 

53 

Printing. 

XXX 

Waikiki Road. 

53 

Publications. 

80 

Wailuku. 

20 

Queen Emma Hospital. 

43 

Wards of the Nation. 

28 

IS eci procity Treaty. 

14 

Wharves. 

75 

Reservoirs . 

78 

Young Men’s Christ’n As’n 

43 



Page 10, fifth line from top, read Captain Meares. 


Page 12, end of third paragraph, read Kealakekua for 
Kohala. 

Page 41, read date of burning of Opera House 1895 , 
and date of re-opening November 7, 1896. 
































































ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 


XXI 


PACIFIC HARDWARE CO. 

LIMITED. 

TI MMINS’ BLOC K, 

N. E. corner Fort ami Merchant Sis. 

* IRONMONGERS * 

Importers and Dealers in 

BUILDERS’ AND GENERAL HARDWARE, 

ST0VE5, RANGES. 
Hygeinic Refrigerators £25 

Housekeeping Utensils. 

PAY A VISIT TO OUR 

Art 1 Picture Framing Rooms. 

CONSTANTLY ON EXHIBITION 

OIL PAINTINGS AND WATER COLORS 

BY LOCAL ARTISTS. 

Special attention paid to "the Framing of Oil Paintings, 
Engravings, Photograhps, etc., etc. The latest styles in 
Frames and Mouldings. Call and Examine. 

Agents for the Vacuum Oil Co. 

TELEPHONE I (>. ^ 



Xxii ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 


tJ. A rg a n, 

514 Fort Street. - Telephone 436. 

IMPORTER AND DEALER IN DRY GOODS. 

The Largest Assortment and Lowest, Prices in 

DRESS GOODS, SILKS, VELVETS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, 

Ladies and Grents Underwear. 
4SPAGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED SONNETTE CORSETS, 
EXCELSIOR QUILTED GOODS. 

- Prompt l>elivery of All Orders. 

HOLLISTER <S CO, 


Our Customers Come from All Climes. 

BEING DIRECT IMPORTERS WK FURNISH THEM WITH- 

Ghoioe Brands In c 

HAVANA, MANILA ok AMERICAN 
Cigars and Cigarettes. 
SMOKING TOBACCOS, PIPES, GICAR & CICARETTE HOLDERS 

And a, Varied Assortment of Smokers* Articles. 

HOLLISTER & CO. 

S.W. Corner Fort and Merchant Sts. Honolulu, H. 1 . 


The Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York, 


. E 3 . FI O 


General Agent. 


Hawaiian islands. 





ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING 1'LLtMS. 


Will 


M. D. MONSARRAT 


e-_ 




/U2K 


iSBulrlv|e|y|air.| 


OFFICE : 

Cartwright Block, Merchant Street, Opposite Post-Office, 

TELEPHONE 86. ‘M:H 

SURVEYS + MADE + ON + ANY + ISLAND 


Compiler and Publisher of 



OF THE CITY OF HOME 


I 


Showing Present and Proposed Street Lines, Wharves. 
Harbor, with Soundings; 

PARKS, I SQUARES, I TRAMWAYS, I PUBLIC 1 BUILDINGS, 

Kiro T • •'* " —,i 

FIRE DISTRICTS, HYDRANTS, LETTER BOX LOCATIONS. 

This is the Only Published Map of Honolulu 

THAT SHOWS PROPOSED IMPROVEnENTS. 

Maps Mounted and Unmounted in Uloth and in Paper, sizes four by 
six feet: and two by three feet. Maps wrapped and mailed, free of 
postage, to any address, on receipt of One Dollar.—Useful for Office, 
House and School. Foreign Orders promptly supplied. 

ADDRESS, ENCLOSING MONEY ORDER, 

M. D. MONSARRAT, Surveyor. 


P, O. BOX 493. 


HONOLULU, H, I. 










X VI V 


\I>Vi;i{ risl.MKNTS LEAPING FlIt.MS. 


I -rx g i T IV TAHTT £ Stoves, Ranges, Granite Ware 

JOlIM MO I 1 9 | King st., Near Fout. 
’l'elephoue No. '* 1 in 

Ir<*n and Tinware. (Miamleliers, Lamps ;m<i Lanterns. WuliT Pipe 
aiul ltubhrr Hose. House-keeping Goods. 


PLUMBING, TIN, COPPER & SHEET IRON WORKER. 

Hollinger Shoeing Shop 



ORDERS PROMPTLY AND CAREFULLY ATTENDED TO. 

Particular Attention Given to Horses with Bad Feet. 

im:sidkn( i: tkl.ejmionk 


THE HAWAIIAN ABSTRACT AND TITLE Co 

Established lH'.t]. Ofli.ee : Southeast Corner of Fort and Merchant Sts. 

-TKLKTIIONE 225.-- 

Has Special Facilit ies for Determination of Land Titles Throughout 
tiie Group. TTmler Special Index of this Company Transfers not to he 
Found by Usual Search Methods may be Easily Found and Identified. 
Careful Plans Furnished with All Abstracts. 

The Patronage of Intending Settlers is Solicited. Charges Moderate 


HONOJ.n.U 
























.\DVKKT1KKMKVI’S LLADIXU Films. 


N\\ 



215 Merchant. Street, Honolulu, H. I, 
CARKIE8 THE BEST ASSORT MENT OF 


HAWAIIAN CUEIOS 

To be Found in the City, Including': 

NI1HAU MATS, CALABASHES, 

Seed, Shell and Feather Leis, 

KAPA, BASKETS, HATS, m 

Fay ill Knitted Work, 

Fancy *** Work, *** 

Fain lings of island Scenery, 

SAIWOAN KAPAS AND FANS, 

Ladies’ Manicuring, 

Hair Dressing, : : 

HATS AND GLOVES CLEANED, 

Etc., Etc., Etc. 

The Exchange is Carried on for 
the Benefit of Needy Women. 

KINDLY CALL AND SEE... —w - 




XXVI 


ADVERT!SEMENTh LEADING FIltMS. 


SMITH’S ’BUSES 

Him to and from Palama, Kalihi, Waikiki, Long Branch, 
Sans Souci—and Special Trips are made to Moanalua. 
Nuuanu Pali, Punchbowl or Kapiolani Park. TOURISTS 
desiring conveyance, at reasonable rates, of Parties of 
from Four to Twenty can be accommodated by address¬ 
ing a line to 

FRANK S M I T H , _ 

I ’ROPKiETOR of Smith’s ’Bus Line and Livery Stable* 
TELEPHONE 408. 

CITY SHOEING SHOP, 

.1. W. McDONALD, Proprietor. 

HORSESHOEING 

A Specialty. 

ALL WORK 

Promptly ami 

Carefully Attended lo. 

606 FORT ST., 

Opp. Pantheon Stables 

TERMS REASONABEE. TEL. 409. P. 0. BOX 442. RESIDENCE TEL. 255. 

HAWAIIAN FERTILIZING Co. 

Manufacturers and Dealers In 

ORGANIC AND CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS. 

We have a full stock of Fertilizers and Materials on hand and for sale 
at Lowest Market Slate*. Our business connections abroad enable 
us to obtain Fertilizers to order on commission. 

Goods Guaranteed to any Analysis in Bags of Equivalent Weight. 
Correspondence and Orders solicited. 

A. FRANK OOOKE, 

Manager. 



Address: Post-Office. 












ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 


XXV11 


THE» POTS' * EXPRESS * ED- 

—— jVIeet .A. 11 St earners. —- 

Baggage Checked to All Parts of the City or Stored Until Called for. 

THE PEOPLES’ EXPRESS CO. 

Is the Only Transfer Company Using Their Own Baggage Checks. 

WE HANOLE FREIGHT, HOUSEHOLD GOODS, TRUNKS, ETC., ETC. 

And Make a Specialty of Moving Pianos and Organs. 

THE PEOPLES' EXPRESS COMPANY, 

Office: 207 Merchant Street. Telephone 250. 

/, M. CAMARA, Jr. 

50:i Fort St.. Honolulu, H. 1.. Importer and Dealer In 

WIRES, BEERS AID LIQUORS, 

Fine American and European Whiskies. 

Ranier Beer, pts. and qts; Excellent Table Swerl 
and Dry Wines, “ Montechristo “ Champagne, pts. & qts. 
DISTRIBUTOR FOR THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS OF THE 

Selected Vintages of ilie Italian Swiss Colonies, 

FAMOUS CALIFORNIA VINEYARDS. 

Orders to Any Part of the City Promptly Delivered. 
Especial Attention Given to Island Trade. 

TELEPHONE 140. P. <>. BOX 430. 

HENRY MAY & CO. 

\o. !>* FORT STREET, 

Wholesale and Retail Grocers. 

ALWAYS ON HAND GOODS OF 

i. T. MORTON, CROSSE & BLACKWELL, LEE & PERRINS, 

Etc., Etc., Ete. 

Telephone 22.^-P O. Box 570. 

island Orders Solicited. Goods Carefully Packed and Shipped 








advertisements leading firm's. 


xxviii 

HAWAIIAN CARRIAGE MANUFACTURING CO. 

(,EO. DIT.LIXGIIAM, Manager. © Telephone 17. 

DEALERS IN 

IRON, 

COAL, 

OAK, 
ASH, 

And Ail Kinds of 

Carriage and Wagon Materials. 

No, 121 OUEEN STREET, 

HONOLULU. - Hawaiian Islands. 


HENRY G. BIART, 

Fort Street, near King Street. 

MANUFACTURING JEWELER and 
IMPORTER OF FINE JEWELRY, WATCHES, ETC. 

Special Designs made up at Short Notice. Call and 
examine my Hawaiian Souvenier Spoons and Charms. 

HONOLULU CARRIAGE MAFUFACT’Y 

W. W. WRIGHT, Proprietor. 

MANUFACTURER OF ^ 

FINE CARRIAGES, CANE CARTS, WACONS, DRAYS, ETC. 

Call and see Wright’s Patent Easy Riding Brakes 

FORT STREET, ABOVE HOTEL. 



Telephone 007- 


P. O. Uov fl2 l . 











ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


XXIX 


UNITED x GARRIAGE x 60.J TELEPHONE 290 

MANUEL REIS, J. C. QUINN, Managers. 


— Office and Stand: Corner of Fort and King Streets. — 

THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED AND MOST POPULAR HACK STAND IN THIS CITY. 

We Furnish Buggies, Surreys or Wagonettes, with Capable and 
Polite Drivers. Our Livery Furnishes the Best of Animals and Stylish 
Turnouts. Hacks of the United Carriage Co. Attend All Incoming and 
Outgoing Steamers, jggp Remember ! 290 Telephone for a Hack. 

WE BUILD PIPE ORGANS 

And Tune and Repair A11 Makes of Pianos. 

OURS IS THE ONLY PIANO WAREROOMS in the City of 
Honolulu Where Customers May View, in Various Styles, the 

^CELEBRATED * KROEGER * PIAN0S& 


And Test the Merits, in Touch and Tone, of this 
POPULAR INSTRUMENT. 

PIANOS TO RENT AND SOLD ON INSTALMENTS. 

J. W. BERGSTROM, 

Telephone 321. P. 0. Box 38. Masonic Temple. 

J. D. WICKE, 

Cabinet Maker, Carver & Polisher 

536 ALAKEA STREET, NEAR HOTEL. HONOLULU. 

CALABASHES Made and Polished to Order. 

CURIOS in Hawaiian Woods. 

COCOANUT SHELLS Carved in Fancy Designs X Polished. 

TOURISTS ARE INVITED TO CALL. 






XXX 


ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS. 


CARL ANDREWS, 

Biiiiir Street, over John Nott’s. 

C5<^Desi«>ner and En£>raver.£>SD 

ZIKCOGRAPH§ AMD 

if A LF-TOM E E ft OR AV IN OS 

Made to order with accuracy and dispatch. 

LOCAL PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED. 

The well-executed Half Tones of the “Judges of the i 
Supreme Court,” and “ W. L. Wilcox. Esq., the noted 
Hawaiian Interpreter,” were made by Mr. Andrews. 


W. C. 





ilHmitecl.) 


-5t> WHO!—EE SAL. EE <£■ 

WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS 

HONOLULU AMD HILO. 

ROBERT GRIEVE,' 
Electric Book # Job Printer 

Opposite Bishop’s Bank (UP stairs) Tel. 475. 

Commercial Printing a Specialty. 

Blank Books Made to Order. 

Paper-Ruling and Bookbinding. 









ADVERTISEMENTS LEADING FIRMS 


XXXI 


BRUCE CARTWRIGHT , 

Merchant Street, Opposite Post-Office, 

REAL ESTATE & GENERAL BUSINESS AGENT 

AGENT for Equitable Life Ins. Co. of New York - 

IMPERIAL. EIRE INS. « O. ol Loiuiou, Eng;. 
COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE CO. OF LONDON. THE NATIONAL BOARO OF 
MARINE UNDERWRITERS OF NEW YORK. THE BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS OF NEW YORK 

HO r MAN BROS . 

Commission Merchants. 

IMPORTERS cf DEALERS IN 

CENERAL MERCHANDISE.! 58 Queen St., Honolulu. Tel. 124. 

HYMAN BROS. 

■^COMMISSION MERCHANTSC^ : ' 

208 Sansome Street, San Francisco, Cala. 

Special Attention Given to Filling Orders and to the Sale of Consign¬ 
ments of Rice, Sugar, Coffee and Other Products of the Haw’n Is. 

CONSOLIDATED 

Soda Water Works Co., Ltd. 

HOLLISTER SODA WORKS. TAHITI LEMONADE WORKS. 

——Manufacturers of *— ■ > ♦ 

GINGER ALE, SODA WATER, 

Etc., Etc., Etc. 

Works==Corner Fort & Allen Sts., near Custom House 
—Telephone No, 71 . — 


I>, T. BATLKY, Manager. 












XXX11 


THE PACIFIC 

COnHERClAL ADVERTISER * 

Issued every Morning 1 , except Sunday, by the 
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE COMPANY 
(’. G. BALLENTYNE, Manager. 


* * EVENINQ BULLETIN. * s 

The Oldest and Best Daily Paper 

In the Hawaiian Islands. 

A. V. Gear, Manager. 

Dan Logan. Editor. 


Hawaiian 

5i m * * 

DAILY AND W EEKLY 

For Sale at all Newsdealers. . 


THE INDEPENDENT * * 


A Daily Evening 1 Newspaper. 

Fearless and Independent 

Live Topics for Reading. 


Edmund Norrie, / 
W. Horace Wright. \ 


F. .J. Testa, MangW. 


PARADISE t i 

of tl?e 

PACIFIC i i 

A Monthly Journal devoted to Hawaiian Interests. 
Published at Honolulu, 

By Frank L. Hoogs. 
Newsdealers take Subscriptions. 










XXX111 


--rtlR - 

HAWAIIAN GAZETTE, 

Issued Semi-Weekly, ON TUESDAYS 
and FRIDAYS. . . 

C. G. HALLE NTYNE, Manager. 

THE HILO HERALD, 

Published WEEKLY, at Hilo. Hawaii. The Leading 
and Representative Paper of the 
('ity of Hilo. 

J. T. STACKER , Editor; Hilo. Hawaii. 

C. L. CLEMENT, Honolulu Representative. 

THE HILO TRIBUNE, 

A Bright. Newsy Paper of Greater Hilo. 

—Hgr EXCELLENT ADVERTISING MEDIUM. 
As it Reaches the Largest Number of Readers. 

ARCHIE STEELE. Manager , 


Hilo. Hawaii. 












A XXIV 


n 


CECIL BROWN. 


TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. 




414 Merchant Strwt, ^5^-' 


Campbell Block. 


Telephone 10H. 


A. G. M. ROBERTSON, 


TTOR NEY AND COUNSELOR AT L AW. 


^S^Oflieo: Cartwright Block, 


Merchant St., opp. Post-Office. Tel. 539. 


J. M. MONSARRAT, 


A 


TTORNEY AT LAW, SEARCHER OF RECORDS AND NOTARY PUBLIC. 


Commissioner of Deeds for the States of 
New Vork and California. 


Office : Cartwright Block, Opposite Post-Office. 


Telephone No. 68. 




















XXXV 


WILLIAM C. PARKE, 


TTORNEV AT LAW AND AGENT TO TAKE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 


. Office : 17 Kaaliiieuami Street. #3 


Telephone, 


w. L. WILCOX, 


ZJ tto rney and counse lor at law. 

5 >^Offiee: Police Court Building. 

TELEPHONE No. 38. 

Especial Attention Given to the Consideration of Deeds, 
Leases and Other Documents in the 
Hawaiian Language. 


CHAS- F. PETERSON, 



TTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC- 


Practice* in All tlie Courts*. 

Office: 15 Kaahumanu Street. Telephone 588, 

















-;>THE€- 

MANUFACTURERS' SHOE ED. 

BREWER’S BLOCK, FORT STREET HONOLULU. 



Direct Importers 
And Dealers in 


BOOTJ ™ SHOE/. 



Wholesale and Retail. 

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